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Philip Zimbardo, known for his controversial Stanford Prison Experiment, is remembered by his graduate students and colleagues for his intellect and dedication to psychology.
Psychologist Philip Zimbardo, architect of the ‘Stanford Prison Experiment,’ is dead at 91 Stanford psychologist Philip Zimbardo attends an event in New York in 2015.
Philip Zimbardo's 1971 Stanford University experiment, employing college students to play prison guards and inmates, became one of the most controversial episodes in modern psychology.
Stanford psychologist behind the controversial ‘Stanford Prison Experiment’ dies at 91 Philip G. Zimbardo made national headlines in 1971 ...
Stanford psychologist behind the controversial ‘Stanford Prison Experiment' dies at 91 Stanford University announced Friday that Zimbardo died Oct. 14 at his home in San Francisco. A cause of ...
What, if anything, did the Stanford Prison Experiment really prove? Critics of Zimbardo’s work have put forth various theories as to what his experiment actually means.
Psychologist Philip Zimbardo of the Stanford Prison Experiment: Donald Trump is an “unconstrained, unbridled present hedonist” Stanford professor who ran the most famous (and scary) psychology ...
John Mark, one of the “guards,” told the Stanford Alumni magazine in 2011 what he thought of Zimbardo’s contradictions, “Throughout the experiment, he knew what he wanted and then tried to ...
“The Stanford Prison Experiment” plays like the most unnerving improvisational theater game imaginable. In 1971, social psychology professor Philip Zimbardo set up a two-week study in the ...
Philip Zimbardo, creator of the Stanford Prison Experiment, died in October 2024. He is pictured here in 1994. Courtesy L.A. Cicero via Stanford University.
Philip G. Zimbardo, the psychologist behind the controversial “Stanford Prison Experiment” died Oct. 14 at his home in San Francisco.