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How the Stanford Prison Experiment Worked

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The Stanford Prison Experiment

The Stanford Prison Experiment was funded by the US Office of Naval Research. People were divided into two lots and asked what they wanted to be, unless this was purely a movie creation. Most people said prisoner; one guy told them he didn't want to be a guard because nobody likes guards. So we'll kind of unpack what that suggests later on.

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