The Stanford Prison Experiment (Summary + Lessons)

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[teacake]

How about this question: Does prison actually help criminals rejoin society in a constructive way or is prison more traumatizing? I think we know the answer.

[summrrr]

i do psychology a-level & we're currently looking into this case study - it genuinely has me wondering how we can expect real criminals to rehabilitate in such a toxic environment. if good people turn bad in an evil environment, how can we expect bad people to turn good? obviously very circumstantial and depends on if you see prison as a place of rehab or purely as punishment, but its interesting to think about tbh

[Octoschizare]

This was also a hidden lesson in skepticism. Theodore did a good job here applying skepticism to debunk the mythology surrounding this story rather than just accepting the pop-culture version at face value. Well done.

[ApplePotato]

Even though the experiment was not completely sound. It demonstrated a chilling willingness to play along. The prisoners were uncooperative leading to harsh treatment, which lead to prisoners rebelling and more harsh treatments, a vicious cycle. It also clearly shows when he the authority sanctions the violence through inaction, the guards will justify their actions as a part of the job therefore just.

[halliepurcell]

This experiment fascinates me- it really shows what human nature is, was, still is, & will be relevant. Humans tend not to change.

[sumlikeno]

Awesome video! Thanks for not making it too long! It was straight to the point!

[erdemmemisyazici]

Happened to me, still seeking justice. I got locked and interrogated in a frat house whilst drugged with a powerful psychoactive unbeknownst to me. I got PTSD from the experience.

They never told me they were working together until that day and we were friends for 5 years. I simply never suspected they would do something like that as one person involved was my real life brother.

They went from being degrading, to finally committing felonies and not once did any of them think, maybe it's not okay to give a person PTSD. It's been 11 years it still dominates my thoughts, not to mention I am reminded of it daily by a PTSD program I was put in.

More people need to watch this and understand how morality degrades slowly in an authority structure with no outsider supervision.

At one point I screamed, "you can't do this to me, I have rights." the interrogator laughed at me and said, "what rights do you think you have? you have no rights." mocking me. The group's morality had degraded to that point where they no longer felt that I should enjoy the same rights and freedoms they do and it occurred to none of them that perhaps this is wrong.

[dreamhunter]

that's why people who protect the law should be well trained to obey it first.

[justmadeit]

Greetings everyone from Manchester, England. Have a great Sunday, and if it can't be good then may it not be too bad ✌

[TheAceLewis]

Anybody is capable of evil in the right circumstances.

“People love to judge the decisions we make without considering the choices we had.”

[moonlightsonata]

3 minutes in the video, I realized that if people are given the opportunity to have a power...they'll abused it.

[arminxvs]

Moral and incredible results. It seems hard to get both together.

[annalui]

Hi guys! Im doing a revision on the famous psychological experiment. Being added in a party group of Liverpool without being consented making me kind of frustrated. This is a normal practice they use to moderate your behaviour when you are not following the orders.

[hayatq.al-ziyadi]

This helps me prepare for my test. Thank you:)

[IAmRedFreedom]

Thanks for this video! I saw the movie and both the movie and this video are just more proof that we need to dismantle the prison industrial complex in The United States. As someone else said in the comments we need a system that makes people better participants in society as opposed to making it harder for them to reintegrate.

[shantanuborgohain]

This is how 'Big Boss' started.

[spenjoy]

*I love watching and understanding Experiments....*

[Madhubindu.dondla]

Is the prison helping the society or just empowering few people to abuse their power on people who are branded as bad?! More than a psychology experiment going wrong. It’s a social experiment which yielded results which we are failing to see.

[chainsrad]

This “experiment “ is so full of confounds it doesn’t deserve to be talked about in any serious academic discussion.

[BM]

What's creepy to think about, too, is that none of these people were getting paid or intending to do harm, hurt each other emotionally, psychologically, or mentally. They were all volunteers, and willing to paticipate in {what was supposed to be} a simple EXPERIMENT! and LOOK how QUICKLY it turned upside-down!!!