Take a look inside The Stanford Prison Experiment on Wednesday night with an all-new firsthand account on Nat Geo.
In 1971, Stanford psychology professor Philip Zimbardo set out to perform an experiment involving males in a prison environment. The aim of the project was to examine the participants’ reactions and behaviors be Zimbardo and his hand-picked team. The participants were recruited from the local communities with a newspaper ad that offered $50 per day. Each participant was given a role as a prisoner or a guard and were expected to carry out their role to see how situational variables would effect the outcome. On Wednesday night, Nat Geo will premiere a new docuseries that takes a look inside the experiment with firsthand accounts from ex-prisoners and guards.
How to Watch The Stanford Prison Experiment: Unlocking the Truth Today:
Date: Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024
Time: 8:00 p.m. ET
TV: Nat Geo
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Nat Geo’s investigation into the experiment is eye opening, as the perspectives of the living participants challenges the study’s motive and explores human nature’s darker sides. The situations in which the participants were made to perform were so questionable that the experiment was shut down after only six days due in large part to Christina Maslach’s concerns after visiting the prison to observe the experiment.
The experiment ended up being a catalyst for change within the psychology world and its previous unethical conditions regarding human participants in post World War II studies. The study itself has been questioned for the last 50 years as some believe that participants were asked to behave in a certain manner to confirm Zimbardo’s hypothesis.
In Wednesday night’s premiere titled “The Hallway,” Nat Geo will introduce viewers to the experiment and take a look into the six-day journey as told by the guards and prisoners who were involved. Tune in on Wednesday night for the first look at The Stanford Prison Experiment: Unlocking the Truth on Nat Geo.
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