Stanford Prison Experiment, 50 Years On: What Have We Really Learnt? With Dr Philip Zimbardo

Movies, newspaper articles, textbooks and TV shows; social psychology controversy has surrounded the Stanford Prison Experiment ever since it was conducted in 1971. Now on the 50th Anniversary, listen to our unique interview with the man who orchestrated it; Dr Philip Zimbardo PhD. Was the experiment designed to measure the corruption of power? Or were participants influenced by the context of the experiment itself and pressured into performing a role? How exactly did the environment influence the behavior of the participants, including Dr Philip Zimbardo himself?