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How the Stanford Prison Experiment Worked

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The Experiment Descended Into Chaos

There were rumors that there was going to be a breakout, so they moved the experiment. Philip Zimbardo's girlfriend at the time came and just dropped in to see how things were going. The next day he canceled the experiment.

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