In 1973, Dr. Philip Zimbardo carried out one of the most controversial experiments in history: the Stanford Prison Experiment. Zimbardo and his team wanted to understand why there was such ...

The production embarks on a gripping, ticking-clock journey through the six-day Stanford Prison Experiment with incredible reveals, new subjects and a smoking-gun archive.

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.

If you took psychology courses in college, you probably remember the "Stanford prison experiment," which monitored the behavior of 18 students assigned to play the roles of guards or inmates in a ...

The Stanford prison experiment, a prison simulation that took place over two weeks in 1971, forever shifted the field of psychology and its interpretation of human nature.

A new three-part Nat Geo series, The Stanford Prison Experiment: Unlocking the Truth, which premieres Nov. 13, does its best to explain what really went down.

Revisiting the Stanford Prison Experiment 50 years later Ars chats with director Juliette Eisner and original study participants in new documentary series.

A new docuseries will explore the Stanford prison experiment, a 1971 simulation that forever shifted the field of psychology.

SAN FRANCISCO — Philip G. Zimbardo, the psychologist behind the controversial “Stanford Prison Experiment” that was intended to examine the psychological experiences of imprisonment, has ...

The psychologist behind the controversial “ Stanford Prison Experiment” that was intended to examine the psychological experiences of imprisonment, has died. Philip G. Zimbardo was 91.

Philip G. Zimbardo, the psychologist behind the controversial "Stanford Prison Experiment" that was intended to examine the psychological experiences of imprisonment, has died. He was 91.