Strange Country Ep. 55: Stanford Prison Experiment

Are we defined by the social roles we assume and the circumstances we find ourselves in? Stanford Psychologist Philip Zimbardo thinks so after witnessing college students degrade other students in a prison simulation in August. 1971. The Stanford Prison Experiment is not without its controversy, which Strange Country discusses in Ep. 55. Co-host Beth also admits a dark secret from her past. Theme music: Resting Place by A Cast of Thousands. Cite Your Sources: 5 Psychology Experiments You Couldn't Do Today, Scishow, 11 Sept. 2016, www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ3l1jgmYrY. "Adolf Eichmann." United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007412. Baker, Peter C. "Electric Shock: Did Stanley Milgram's Famous Obedience Experiments Prove Anything?" Pacific Standard, 10 Sept. 2013, psmag.com/social-justice/electric-schlock-65377. Blum, Ben. "The Lifespan of a Lie – Trust Issues – Medium." Medium, Augmenting Humanity, 6 7 June 2018, medium.com/s/trustissues/the-lifespan-of-a-lie-d869212b1f62. Carey, Benedict. "Psychology Itself Is Under Scrutiny." The New York Times, 16 July 2018, www.nytimes.com/2018/07/16/health/psychology-studies-stanford-prison.html?action=click&module=Ribbon&pgtype=Article. Garber, Megan. "Why We Prefer Masculine Voices (Even in Women)." The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2012, www.theatlantic.com/sexes/archive/2012/12/why-we-prefer-masculine-voices-even-in-women/266350/. "Interview with Carlo Prescott." The Stanford Prison Experiment, 11 July 2018, static1.squarespace.com/static/557a07d5e4b05fe7bf112c19/t/5b4e1da2575d1f08e7b1304b/1531846050337/PrescottInterview2018-07-11.pdf. Mcleod, Saul. "Milgram Experiment." Simply Psychology, Simply Psychology, 5 Feb. 2017, www.simplypsychology.org/milgram.html. Prescott, Carlo. "The Lie of the Stanford Prison Experiment." The Stanford Daily, 28 Apr. 2005, stanforddailyarchive.com/cgi-bin/stanford?a=d&d=stanford20050428-01.2.24&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------. Resnick, Brian. "The 'Marshmallow Test' Said Patience Was a Key to Success. A New Replication Tells Us S'more." Vox, Vox, 6 June 2018, www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/6/6/17413000/marshmallow-test-replication-mischel-psychology. Resnick, Brian. "Philip Zimbardo Defends the Stanford Prison Experiment, His Most Famous Work." Vox, Vox, 28 June 2018, www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/6/28/17509470/stanford-prison-experiment-zimbardo-interview. The Untold Truth of the Stanford Prison Experiment, Grunge, 8 Dec. 2017, www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsWJPNhLCUU. Weber, Paul J. "'Mad Men' Star Hamm Was Accused in Violent Fraternity Hazing." The Associated Press, 10 Apr. 2015, apnews.com/0500cba41cfe452d92bd36a05d66db24/mad-men-star-hamm-was-accused-violent-fraternity-hazing. Winkie, Luke. "The Myers-Briggs Personality Test Is Bullshit." Vice, Vice, 15 Sept. 2017, www.vice.com/en_us/article/bjv8y5/the-myers-briggs-personality-test-bullshit. "Zimbardo Blames Military Brass for Abu Ghraib Torture." Chapter 6. Consumer Buying Behavior Notes, www1.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2006/dec/zimbardo120705.html. Zimbardo, Philip. "Philip Zimbardo's Response to Recent Criticisms of the Stanford Prison Experiment." Stanford Prison Experiment, 23 June 2018, www.prisonexp.org/response. Zimbardo, Philip. Quiet Rage, 1992, www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIUlBrvqyyo&t=1670s. Zimbardo, Philip. "Revisiting the Stanford Prison Experiment: A Lesson in the Power of Situation." The Chronicle of Higher Education, 30 Mar. 2007, www.chronicle.com/article/Revisiting-the-Stanford-Prison/9676.