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....Zimbardo’s experiment was supposed to last two weeks but was cut short just six days later, after a string of mental breakdowns, an outbreak of sadism and a hunger strike.
Now, the Stanford prison experiment's central conclusion, the so-called Lucifer effect — that when placed in toxic situations, good people will inevitably turn bad — has been challenged by a University of Queensland (UQ) researcher.
Professor Alex Haslam from the UQ School of Psychology says recently digitised tapes from the experiment call into question the study's original conclusions.
What the Stanford prison experiment really tells us about tyrants
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Now, the Stanford prison experiment's central conclusion, the so-called Lucifer effect — that when placed in toxic situations, good people will inevitably turn bad — has been challenged by a University of Queensland (UQ) researcher.
Professor Alex Haslam from the UQ School of Psychology says recently digitised tapes from the experiment call into question the study's original conclusions.
What the Stanford prison experiment really tells us about tyrants
That's an interesting article on an update.