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Philip Zimbardo, psychologist behind the 'Stanford Prison Experiment' dies at 91

by Jerry2 on 10/21/24, 9:37 PM with 16 comments

• by tptacek on 10/21/24, 9:45 PM

  At a quick skim, this doesn't seem to mention all the controversy over the validity of that experiment:

  https://gen.medium.com/the-lifespan-of-a-lie-d869212b1f62

• by readthenotes1 on 10/21/24, 9:51 PM

  Too ironic "To this day, it is used as a case study in psychology classes to highlight both the psychology of evil as well as the ethics of doing psychological research with human subjects."

  should read

  "To this day, the thoroughly debunked session is used as a case study in psychology classes to highlight both the psychology of 'publish or perish' as well as the fundamental flaws in the science psychology pretends to have"

  But it doesn't, because that would require the field admitting it is deeply flawed

• by gjsman-1000 on 10/21/24, 10:00 PM

  Reminder that psychology is in a reproducibility crisis; with ~30%-50% of studies being unable to be reproduced.

  https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/11/psycholo...

  In which case, it's fairly safe to say... you're not that much worse off by following your gut and flipping a coin.

• by worstspotgain on 10/21/24, 9:41 PM

  Discovering Psychology on PBS was a great series.

• by JohnMakin on 10/21/24, 9:55 PM

  Kind of sad that this piece published by stanford, a supposed beacon of academic excellence and rigor, does not mention at all the issues with this now debunked study.