Saturday, October 26, 2013

Excluding the 'Stanford Prison Experiment' from a textbook

Dr. Peter Gray, Prof. at Boston College, discusses why he doesn't include Zimbardo's famous 'Stanford Prison Experiment' in his textbook: here

This is a compelling argument by Prof. Gray.

While Zimbardo wants to discuss the situational factors and the pathology of power, Gray notes that the pathology of power - interpreted from the experiment - is, in fact, a manifestation of the roles given to the participants (reminiscent of Milgram's experiment) and the enactment of stereotypes.

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