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]]> By: Betty Mydland http://psychology.aublogspot.com/2008/06/27/stanford-prison-experiment-video/#comment-1234 Betty Mydland Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:25:22 +0000 http://psychology.aublogspot.com/2008/06/27/stanford-prison-experiment-video/#comment-1234 WOW! Some experiment. Now, as to what the experiment teaches or doesn't teach is the ultimate question. It has been 35+ years since that experiment was done. There have been loads of changes in the prison system since the Stanford experiment. So, what happens today when you put good people in a bad situation? Well, there are a lot of factors that affect how that good person will react. For example, I know a person who was an exemplary citizen and that individual ended up serving 2 years in a state facility. That person was considered a model inmate, worked in the law library and when released became heavily involved in criminal law and the justice system. So, I think that how a person reacts to that environment depends a great deal on how their inner psyche has developed. I do not believe that most "good" people will deliberately injure someone simply because a person in authority has told them to do so. I have many examples from a life of military and exposure to criminal inmates that debunk that ideology. But, that is simply my thoughts. GREAT video. Betty WOW! Some experiment. Now, as to what the experiment teaches or doesn’t teach is the ultimate question. It has been 35+ years since that experiment was done. There have been loads of changes in the prison system since the Stanford experiment. So, what happens today when you put good people in a bad situation? Well, there are a lot of factors that affect how that good person will react. For example, I know a person who was an exemplary citizen and that individual ended up serving 2 years in a state facility. That person was considered a model inmate, worked in the law library and when released became heavily involved in criminal law and the justice system. So, I think that how a person reacts to that environment depends a great deal on how their inner psyche has developed. I do not believe that most “good” people will deliberately injure someone simply because a person in authority has told them to do so. I have many examples from a life of military and exposure to criminal inmates that debunk that ideology. But, that is simply my thoughts. GREAT video.

Betty

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