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Revisiting the Stanford Prison Experiment 50 years later

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80% Informative

The Stanford Prison Experiment : Unlocking the Truth is a new documentary from National Geographic .

In 1971 , psychologist Philip Zimbardo conducted a notorious experiment in which he randomly divided college students into two groups, guards and prisoners, and set them loose in a simulated prison environment for six days .

His findings caused a media sensation and subsequent criticism about the ethics and methodology employed in the study.

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83

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7

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informal

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English

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59

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possibly offensive

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long-living

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