- Quoted from Aronson's "Social Animals"
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Experiment designer Zimbardo's statement
Burley 2022-04-23 07:02:12
After just six days, we had to close our mock prison because what we saw was horrifying. For us and for the vast majority of participants, it was unclear when their ego ended and their roles began. Most people have really become "prisoners" or "guards", and they have been unable to clearly distinguish between their roles and themselves. Their behaviors, thoughts and emotions, in almost every aspect, have undergone dramatic changes. In less than a week, the experience of incarceration cancels out (temporarily) a lifetime of learning; human values are suspended, self-concepts challenged, and the ugliest, deepest pathological side of human nature is revealed. We were horrified by what we saw: some boys ("guards") treated others like contemptible animals, taking pleasure in cruelty, while others ("prisoners") became servile and dehumanized Just like the other robots, they only want to escape, they only care about their own survival, and there is only double hatred for the guards in their hearts.
- Quoted from Aronson's "Social Animals"
- Quoted from Aronson's "Social Animals"
Extended Reading
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Shanna 2022-04-24 07:01:07
speak up. The story still has a clear sense of good and evil. I also don't agree with what a person's nature is at the beginning. The temperament is only filled by the acquired life environment. As a film art, the skills are not very good, but, probably, the content of the whole psychology is more attractive.
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Pete 2022-04-24 07:01:07
If the experiment is terminated early, the tragedy will not happen, but can the dark side of human nature be avoided? cannot. The film solves a difficult problem: the so-called Nazis are the escalated id that is constantly motivated by certain circumstances.
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[first lines]
Tarek Fahd, Häftling Nr. 77: [voiceover, reading newspaper ad] Test subjects wanted. Earn 4000 marks for a 14-day experiment in a simulated prison.
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[last lines]
Nachrichtensprecher: [voiceover - spoiler] The tragic outcome: two dead, three injured, among them project leader Professor Klaus Thon. Clearly, the experiment went out of control after two days. The district attorney is investigating two possible manslaughter charges and several charges of abuse and negligence. One of the test participants has been arrested. The project direction will probably have to answer to a court. According to statements by one of the scientists, the escalation might have been prevented by aborting the experiment earlier.