The Stanford Prison Experiment

from The Bourne Investigation · host Charley Bourne

It started out as a simple psychological study.. What would happen if a bunch of students played prisons? But The Stanford Prison experiment spiralled so far out of control that the stories are still told to this day in lecture halls.. over 50 years on. The experiment posed the question.. are we really all capable of evil? In certain circumstances.. how far are we willing to go?

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