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Normal people can become monsters given the right situation. That’s the standard narrative of the Stanford Prison Experiment, one of the most famous psychological experiments of all time. But what if the cause of its participants’ cruel behavior wasn’t what we’ve always been told?

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    @rohit_bruh2981 July 5, 2024

    It's more about "benefit", if there's no benefit in doing a thing, nobody gonna do it. When u tell that they gonna help humanity understand more about humans , they will do it , it gives a sense of honour to become part of history. Good people can act bad , but bad and evil are just words describing 1 side of the same coin that comprises good in the other like yin and yang , its inseparable, they were bad to a few people, their enemies and ones observing the study felt good knowing this knowledge what ppl can capable of , they will act bad concluded they balance it by being good to another set of ppl but that goodness doesn't need to be direct afterwards all actions have effect on life and nothing can prevent the butterfly effect. For reference "Eren Yeager" , is he good , or is he bad? He did love humans but he liked his friends and island too, He did act cruelly towards humans in the end , So can he be considered evil , afterall he was like god for the ppl in the island?

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    @J15cTell July 5, 2024

    Wouldn't it be possible to indirect experience of experiments on power and the environment through my case?

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    @revolter7094 July 5, 2024

    All that this told me is that people are easily made to do awful things, when they are deluded that those things achieve a greater good, like in this case help the reseach.

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    @dom4in637 July 5, 2024

    Very interesting that they thought this was an acceptable "experiment" when the world should have known at this point how that inhumane treatment affects humans. As one of the nations who organized the Nuremburg trials they of all people shouldve known this is a crime against humanity. Truly disgusting

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    @justjack3075 July 5, 2024

    12:05 People get paid to be guards then trained to act like it. Same as they got paid during the experiment. It's a legit experiment. Dr. whatever his name was a smart man. He chose the subjects well & everything was by the book

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    @jackmakuna7919 July 5, 2024

    13:59 want the boys to actually be evil. ADD A PRETTY GIRL TO THE EXPERIMENT as a presoner of course.

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    @grr313zb1 July 5, 2024

    trauma from a level psych 💯

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    @MackenzieHolland-f6s July 5, 2024

    i feel like screening people for "high morality" also defeats the purpose. It's the same as the stanford prison experiment ad appealing to people with the word prison. Shouldn't it be random?

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    @Decent_B July 5, 2024

    I think that some factors can still affect the output of the experiment. They didn't see the results of their actions (only some buzzing back with level 3 to provoke really don't sound enough, and the original ones involve reactions from real people), they also have another task which requires a lot of thinking (solving a puzzle in the dark of course) which might have acted as a distraction (the original experiment didn't have anything like that). The act of pushing the button sends some sound back at them too (even though it's not the horn, it may still be uncomfortable to hear anything like that in a dark room), which may discourage them from doing it. Even the fact that the experiments were carried out in such a dark environment may cause intrinsic fears in some people, further hinder the whole thing.

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    @danacute9367 July 5, 2024

    There should be some type of reward after doing the puzzle. Without it, there's no reason for them to act competitive and distract the opponent.

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    @rachelducite1651 July 5, 2024

    The compulsion to conform is instinctual

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    @karansuri8836 July 5, 2024

    17:56 caught me off gaurd😂😂

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    @b-dub6865 July 5, 2024

    This experiment is flawed. In the prison study, the "guards" were influenced by the demand characteristics, their preconceived notions & by what the "prisoners" said & did. You can break anyone on the right day going through the right circumstances, given the appropriate amount of time.

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    @user-hs7ug1uw4r July 5, 2024

    the guard they interviewed is sick

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    @GiantNeuron July 5, 2024

    I like the rationale behind their experiment but it was poorly designed and executed and hence inconclusive. There is a clear sample selection bias and many uncontrolled factors and experimental flaws…

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    @GardenFootCreature July 5, 2024

    8:18 He says "I was just following orders!"

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    @FadeRadio1 July 5, 2024

    I have to agree with Zimbardo that pre-screening the participants to get the MOST compassionate and caring applicants kinda compromised the integrity of the experiment. Not to say it wasn't still fascinating or that there aren't still worthwhile things to conclude from it, but just as Zimbardo's original study was flawed in it's premise, I think this one was as well (though with much less human suffering as a result of it). Similarly, I think the integrity of the premise was a bit shattered by how easily the groups all guessed that there was no other group, and guessed the purpose of the experiment. The phrase "up to seven should still be safe" felt like a dead giveaway as to what the premise of the study was. Also, while you didn't go into detail about how much the test subjects were compensated or anything obviously, it didn't feel like they had much motivation to be the 'winner' of the challenge or anything. The fact that they were mostly content to ignore the premise and just chat shows their lack of interest in even bothering to mess with the 'other team'. I feel that had there been a significant prize of some sort they would have been more motivated to distract their opponents, though it also would have made it less a test in inherent cruelty and more a test of their willingness to use cruelty as a tool to succeed if necessary.

    Don't take this to mean I didn't find the experiment worthwhile, nor that I think I could do a better job though. I have no idea how i'd have changed the elements to truly isolate the main characteristics these studies are trying to touch on, and that's the part that's so difficult here. In the end, Zimbardo's study unintentionally became one about authority and role expectations, and yours became more a confirmation that compassionate people won't just suddenly decide to make others deaf for fun.

    I would like to see how this experiment would turn out with groups of subjects who scored baseline average on the compassion tests, and possibly have given them more reason to really believe there is in fact another group of participants actually competing against them. I'm not sure how to implement that last part though, possibly by having actors posing as the other group passing by in the halls for a split second on the way to the room or something is all I can think of.

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    @Snakeybus July 5, 2024

    VSauce: tries to replicate the Stanford Prison Experiment
    Also VSauce: accidentally replicates the breakfast club.

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    @amypond7631 July 5, 2024

    i would love to see the new experiment done with people that are in that "mid-range" zimbardo insisted on, just to see if things turn out the same as the stanford prison experiment (because i doubt they would)

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    @Schwibledible July 5, 2024

    11:24 a good soldier follows orders

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    @LessSoyThanYou July 5, 2024

    Alex got away with a terrible crime and played that Judge for a dupe.

    The military is not anything like it is depicted as in media. It is not your whole existence. Particularly in recent decades. You’re not constantly marching with your rifle everywhere or going on secret missions to Russia. Not even in most MARSOC or SEAL Teams.

    He knew what was going on the entire time. He wanted the money and used the, “thank me for my service” approach as an escape hatch. Denormalize this method of thinking.

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    @grieverknight1210 July 5, 2024

    I am curious if you adjusted your experiment to where there was benefit to being cruel. For instance with the Stanford one the humiliation benefitted them in a creepy sexual undertone way which couldn't really be done normally in life. My hypothesis is everyone has their deep internal desire that given enough benefit in their own most desired way they would crack and become cruel. The real question if so is would it be everyone who cracked or just most everyone.

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    @4nn4nas98 July 5, 2024

    I feel like a big part of sadism is seeing the other persons reaction (to the pain/teasing etc.), which was not possible in your experiment and therefore I believe the results are not as meaningful.

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    @4nn4nas98 July 5, 2024

    "Now you're camels"..💀

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    @davidfarris2359 July 5, 2024

    Does the The Stanford Prison Experiment explain why Israeli Soldiers behave like Monsters?

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    @mrshinybald2739 July 5, 2024

    Mabe colledge students are just idiots

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    @arthritis1097 July 5, 2024

    cool experiment, but you didnt factor in the teams fear of retribution in the first half

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    @moreisallyouneed4175 July 5, 2024

    The main argument I had was Zimbardo's argument, where was the "chad" team? The mixed team? The role of the leader? etc. This was a half experiment at best and I'd like to see it run through all sorts of variables.

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    @chugga452 July 5, 2024

    That puzzle was ridiculous

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    @napalmbhoji July 5, 2024

    What the fuck is YouTube Red.

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    @katielicheni9451 July 5, 2024

    It would be interesting to see aggressive and tame personalities put together to see whether people can be more easily influenced by others in a situation like this

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    @joeyrinard6997 July 5, 2024

    Do it agian are you seriously that 🤢

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    @naturelist July 5, 2024

    wait WHAT , WHAT , ~WHAT~

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