The Stanford Prison Experiment of 1971 is one of the most famous – and infamous – psychological experiments conducted, still discussed in classrooms and pop culture more than half a century on. But ...

As classes gave way to summer vacation on the Stanford campus of 1971, psychology professor Philip Zimbardo convened 24 paid volunteers in an empty building for a two-week study of prison dynamics.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Philip G. Zimbardo, the psychologist behind the controversial “Stanford Prison Experiment” that was intended to examine the psychological experiences of imprisonment, has died. He ...

On August 14, 1971, Stanford University psychology professor named Philip Zimbardo conducted a social psychology experiment on campus, using students as subjects. The study — which was funded by the ...

Billy Crudup stars opposite an all-stars-in-the-making cast of young men in this dramatization of the notorious 1971 psychology experiment, directed by Kyle Patrick Alvarez. By Leslie Felperin ...

Kyle Patrick Alvarez’s The Stanford Prison Experiment is a grim slog of a film, but it capitalizes effectively on the morbid fascination the 1971 study has always inspired. The most startling part of ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American In the summer of 1971, one of the most famous ...

“The Stanford Prison Experiment” is a straightforward dramatization of the 1971 experiment of the same name. Nothing fancy here – director Kyle Patrick Alvarez and screenwriter Tim Talbott just tell ...

I first learned about the story of the Stanford Prison Experiment in high school. It was a journalism/newspaper class of all classes – where I had a monthly movie review column, which served as my ...

“The Stanford Prison Experiment” is a straightforward dramatization of the 1971 experiment of the same name. Nothing fancy here — director Kyle Patrick Alvarez and screenwriter Tim Talbott just tell ...

“The Stanford Prison Experiment” plays like the most unnerving improvisational theater game imaginable. In 1971, social psychology professor Philip Zimbardo set up a two-week study in the basement of ...