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Philip G. Zimbardo, the psychologist behind the controversial “Stanford Prison Experiment” that was intended to examine the psychological experiences of imprisonment, has died. He was 91.
Stanford University announced Friday that Zimbardo died Oct. 14 at his home in San Francisco. A cause of death was not provided. In the 1971 prison study, Zimbardo and a team of graduate students recruited college-aged males to spend two weeks in a mock prison in the basement of a building on the Stanford campus.
Zimbardo's "Prison Experiment," a landmark and controversial study, was shut down after six days, but its implications have had a profound effect. Psychologist Philip Zimbardo, architect of the ...
Philip George Zimbardo (/ z ɪ m ˈ b ɑːr d oʊ /; March 23, 1933 – October 14, 2024) was an American psychologist and a professor at Stanford University. [2] He was an internationally known educator, researcher, author and media personality in psychology who authored more than 500 articles, chapters, textbooks, and trade books covering a wide range of topics, including time perspective ...
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The World of Abnormal Psychology is an educational video series produced by Annenberg Media, which examines behavioral disorders in humans. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The series was hosted by Dr. Philip Zimbardo of Stanford University , who was best known for his controversial Stanford prison experiment .
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BBC news article – 40 years on, with video of Philip Zimbardo; Photographs at cbsnews.com – Vox article detailing how the study is a sham; Abu Ghraib and the experiment: BBC News: Is it in anyone to abuse a captive? BBC News: Why everyone's not a torturer; Ronald Hilton: US soldiers' bad behavior and Stanford Prison Experiment