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Critique of Philip G. Zimbardo's "The Stanford Prison Experiment".
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Critique of Philip G. Zimbardo's "The Stanford Prison Experiment" Mark Abinakle English 213/2 B John McAuley October 7, 2004 Assignment 2 In his article, "The Stanford Prison Experiment," Philip G. Zimbardo, professor of psychology at the University of Stanford, sets up a study by which a group of college students are selected to become prisoners and guards in a mock prison. His study was primarily aimed at understanding the psychological effects of prison life. The experiment was to last 2 weeks, but was stopped after only 6 days due to extreme reactions by the populace in the mock prison (313). Zimbardo claims that no one was mentally distressed as a result of the experiment, but many believe otherwise. His article first appeared in the New York Times Magazine on April 8, 1973, less than 2 years after the experiment was concluded (313). Zimbardo and his team constructed a simulated prison in the basement of a...
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