History Of The Stanford Prison Experiment By Philip Zimbardo

The Stanford Prison Experiment was a 1973 study by Philip Zimbardo. The study was to investigate how people conform to the roles of guards and prisoners in a role-playing experiment which simulated life in prison. The roles between the 21 male college students were randomly assigned the prisoner or guard role. The prisoners were stripped naked, covered in blindfolds, had all their possessions taken away and locked away in cells. They were given prisoner clothing and bedding, being only referred by serial numbers.
There were many ethical issues identified within the study. The participants were not given full information to consider their consent as fully informed. Philip Zimbardo could have known that the study would have gone to the extent