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How the Stanford Prison Experiment Worked

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The Stanford Prison Experiment

In the original newspaper advertisement Chuck, he said, um, prison experiment, prison experiment. He shouldn't have known what they were doing until they showed up. A 2007 follow-up study found narcissistic, hostile, overly aggressive authoritarian types like flies to honey. But this was like attracting a big wide swath of people.

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