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Stanford psychologist behind the controversial "Stanford Prison Experiment" dies at 91

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Stanford University says Philip G. Zimbardo died Oct. 14 at his home in San Francisco .

In 1971 , he and graduate students recruited college-aged males to spend two weeks in mock prison.

The study was intended to examine the psychological experiences of imprisonment.

The experiment is now used in psychology classes to study the psychology of evil.

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