The Stanford Prison Experiment

[Toksin]

http://www.prisonexp.org/index.html

What an interesting read. Really makes you wonder. Say, for example, if AF was set up, with members as "prisoners" and moderators as "guards"...oh boy..what would that be like?

Quite a shock to see what people turned into with that, and then once they were told again it was an experiment, they just switched over back to normal like a lightbulb.

Thoughts?

[TheNotoriousMogg]

that is scary as hell

[YellowMaranello]

That's weird that you just brought that up... I just watched the video on it in a class at school like 2 days ago.

[HogieGT-R]

damn how interesting and disturbing at the same time.....

[Suislide]

Originally Posted by Toksin

http://www.prisonexp.org/index.html

What an interesting read. Really makes you wonder. Say, for example, if AF was set up, with members as "prisoners" and moderators as "guards"...oh boy..what would that be like.

Quite a shock to see what people turned into with that, and then once they were told again it was an experiment, they just switched over back to normal like a lightbulb.

Thoughts?

that's it. solitary for you.

[Graphik Styles]

damn that was a really interestign read, kind of opened my eyes to how people can change so suddenly depending on their situation.

[taranaki]

Originally Posted by Toksin

Say, for example, if AF was set up, with members as "prisoners" and moderators as "guards"...oh boy..what would that be like.



Thoughts?

STFU or I'll beat you up.

That was an interesting experiment,30 years later you can see it being repeated regularly on shows like 'Survivor'.The veneer of civilisation is very thin in places.As the famous Lord Acton quote goes, "Power tends to corrupt.Absolute power corrupts absolutely."

another interesting piece of psychological research was conducted by Stanley Milgram.You can find details here.