The Stanford prison experiment

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I saw this on the shelf at my local DVD rental place (new release section), they have 15 copies, but every time I go in, they are all rented out, hopefully I will able to see it soon.

Just curious if anyone else has seen it yet? I watched a documentary about it long time ago, I do remember everyone involved was shocked at the results, should be interesting to see if any policies have been changed due to this.
 
mikekle said:
I saw this on the shelf at my local DVD rental place (new release section), they have 15 copies, but every time I go in, they are all rented out, hopefully I will able to see it soon.

Just curious if anyone else has seen it yet? I watched a documentary about it long time ago, I do remember everyone involved was shocked at the results, should be interesting to see if any policies have been changed due to this.
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I have seen a German film that is loosely based on it called Das experiment. Is that the movie you are talking about? I’ve seen it I thought it was good I watched it in German with subtitles
 
I know of the experiment, but haven’t seen the movie. I know that the methodology of the experiment is considered unethical these days. The Milgram Experiment would also be considered unethical.
 
mikekle said:
I saw this on the shelf at my local DVD rental place (new release section), they have 15 copies, but every time I go in, they are all rented out, hopefully I will able to see it soon.

Just curious if anyone else has seen it yet? I watched a documentary about it long time ago, I do remember everyone involved was shocked at the results, should be interesting to see if any policies have been changed due to this.
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Rotten Tomatoes 85% and 82% (i.e., 85% of critics, 82% of viewers.)
rottentomatoes.com/m/the_stanford_prison_experiment/

However, the reviews and trailer remind me a LOT of the movie “Compliance” - based on a true story about a pervert who calls a fast-food clerk and molests her over the phone - which was already disturbing enough…
 
mikekle said:
I saw this on the shelf at my local DVD rental place (new release section), they have 15 copies, but every time I go in, they are all rented out, hopefully I will able to see it soon.

Just curious if anyone else has seen it yet? I watched a documentary about it long time ago, I do remember everyone involved was shocked at the results, should be interesting to see if any policies have been changed due to this.
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You have a local DVD place!?!?
It must be eligible for national landmark status.
 
7_Sorrows said:
I have never heard of it. what is the title?
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The experiment involved having one group of students playing the role of prison guards, another group played the role of inmates, they built a ‘mini jail’ on campus with cells, bars, locks, etc. it was meant to run for 6 months I believe, to study effects on authority and power over others, the results were so overwhelming, it was stopped after just a couple weeks, the students playing the guards very quickly found themselves abusing power, treating the inmates very poorly, it was really shocking how quickly power over others changed them.

There have been many papers written about this.
 
didymus said:
You have a local DVD place!?!?
It must be eligible for national landmark status.
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You would think that, but they are crazy busy, (Family Video), its a HUGE store, always packed when I go in, they charge $1.50 to rent new releases, 75 cents for older movies. When Jurassic World first came to DVD, they had 250 copies.

They do a great job at this store, always very clean and organized.
 
mikekle said:
You would think that, but they are crazy busy, (Family Video), its a HUGE store, always packed when I go in, they charge $1.50 to rent new releases, 75 cents for older movies. When Jurassic World first came to DVD, they had 250 copies.

They do a great job at this store, always very clean and organized.
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wow! must be nice! I wish we had one of those here.
can they compete with Redbox, Netflix and Amazon?
 
I’ve never seen it, but I have studied it, and it’s so interesting and terrifying to see the results.

The experiment was supposed to last for two weeks, but was called off after six days. Even the psychologist, Zimbardo, became so wrapped up in being the “prison superintendent”, he ignored the suffering of the prisoners until he was directly confronted by another psychologist.

Lou
 
Lou2U said:
I’ve never seen it, but I have studied it, and it’s so interesting and terrifying to see the results.

The experiment was supposed to last for two weeks, but was called off after six days. Even the psychologist, Zimbardo, became so wrapped up in being the “prison superintendent”, he ignored the suffering of the prisoners until he was directly confronted by another psychologist.

Lou
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what was it about?
 
mikekle said:
To observe the effects having that kind of authority over other human beings does to a person.

The fact that it did not lead to any changes is more than shocking imo.
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what kind of authority? you mean in a prison? I have never heard of this experiment before.
 
7_Sorrows said:
what was it about?
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It was basically to see if an evil place won over good people. Zimbardo wanted to see if brutality in prisons was due to the personalities of the guards or if it was due to the guards believing they should act brutal because of the nature of their job.

The guards were allowed to verbally abuse the prisoners, to humilate and degrade them. The conditions of the prison were horrific, and it led to the prisoners believing they had actually committed a crime. They were stripped upon arrival, kept in small cells, slept on matresses on the floor, and could be kept in solitary confinement (a tiny hole in the ground in a locked room) whilst the guards and other prisoners shouted abuse at them. They were also only known as numbers “Prisoner 416”, for example, and the prisoners were forced to repeat them so they ‘understood’ they were only a number.

The guards acted in different ways - some were quiet, some took an active role in humiliating the prisoners and one received the nickname “John Wayne” because of his brutality. Zimbardo allowed this to happen because he was caught up in being the “superintendent”, and only the other psychologist said it was wrong - none of the guards did, and even the prisoners began to think they deserved it. The prisoners believed they had to obey the guards as the guards appeared to have authority. As Zimbardo ran the experiment, he had the most power, but he encouraged the guards to degrade the prisoners. So the prison guards had authority over the prioners, and humiliated them constantly until the experiement was called off.

Lou
 
The Church teaches that we have to avoid near occasions of sin. This is a good basis actually.
 
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