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Debunking the Stanford Prison Experiment

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August 08, 2019
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August 08, 2019

LeTexier_Debunking-the-SPE_AMP-2018-0727-FINAL.pdf

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Abstract

The Stanford Prison Experiment (SPE) is one of psychology’s most famous studies. It has been criticized on many grounds, and yet a majority of textbook authors have ignored these criticisms in their discussions of the SPE, thereby misleading both students and the general public about the study’s questionable scientific validity. Data collected

Preprint DOI

10.31234/osf.io/mjhnp

Peer-reviewed Publication DOI

10.1037/amp0000401

License

CC-By Attribution 4.0 International

Disciplines

Social and Behavioral Sciences Social and Personality Psychology Violence and Aggression Social Influence

Tags

epistemology Stanford Prison Experiment Zimbardo

Original publication date

2019-08-04

Citations

APA
Le Texier, T. (2019, August 8). Debunking the Stanford Prison Experiment. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0000401
MLA
Le Texier, Thibault. “Debunking the Stanford Prison Experiment.” PsyArXiv, 8 Aug. 2019. Web.
Chicago
Le Texier, Thibault. 2019. “Debunking the Stanford Prison Experiment.” PsyArXiv. August 8. doi:10.1037/amp0000401.

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