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Review: Rethinking the Stanford prison experiment
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The Stanford Prison Experiment : Unlocking the Truth is a three -part National Geographic documentary.
John Sutter : Stanford University psychologist Philip Zimbardo's 1971 study showed "how good people turn evil" He says the study showed that decent people are apt to mistreat people when given authority over them.
Sutter says the experiment is better understood as an improv game in which subjects acted in ways he thought they expected.
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