More Fiction Than Science

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ID20076476
AuthorsThibault Le Texier (Centre d'Économie de la Sorbonne, corresponding author)
Year2024
Pages101-131
Publication date2024-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeCHAPTER
VenueInvestigating the Stanford Prison Experiment (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherSpringer Nature Switzerland (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1007/978-3-031-49292-1_8
OpenAlexW4401418570
ISBN9783031492921
LanguageEN
References cited28

This chapter presents a few more critics of the protocol: it varied constantly; it did not test separate variables; it was impossible to isolate independent variables; there was no conceptual distinction between “indifference” and “resignation,” or “obedience” and “conformism”; it showed a lack of preparation; the researchers had difficulties to take a step back and think about what was happening. The archival materials also reveal that collection of data was incomplete and its processing was biased. The Stanford Prison Experiment is put into the context of the Stanford psychology department from the 1950s. The chapter finally shows that Zimbardo did a lot to spread the Stanford Prison Experiment in the media and that he became “prisoner” of the official version spread by the media

Art · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology · Computer Science · History · Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs · Psychology of Social Influence

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