“Most people go about their daily life assuming that they have more control over their behavior than they actually do,” wrote a young psychology professor at Stanford University in 1971. “We are often ...

Philip Zimbardo, who has died aged 91, was a psychologist whose studies included work on shyness, the psychological roots of evil and the effects of the past on decision-making; but he was best known ...

Philip Zimbardo, creator of the Stanford Prison Experiment, died in October 2024. He is pictured here in 1994. Courtesy L.A. Cicero via Stanford University. Philip Zimbardo, a pioneering Stanford ...

His provocative research made him a popular figure on campus. But his exploration of how good people can turn evil raised ethical questions. By Michael S. Rosenwald Philip G. Zimbardo, a towering ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tony Bradley covers the intersection of tech and entertainment. In 1971, a groundbreaking experiment was conducted in the basement ...

In August 1971, at the tail end of summer break, the Stanford psychology professor Philip Zimbardo recruited two dozen male college students for what was advertised as “a psychological study of prison ...

In 1971, Stanford University psychologist Philip Zimbardo conducted a notorious experiment in which he randomly divided college students into two groups, guards and prisoners, and set them loose in a ...

Stanford Prison Experiment, 1971 Credit - Department of Special Collections & University Archives, Stanford University Libraries. In August 1971, at the tail end of summer break, the Stanford ...

The Stanford Prison Experiment of 1971 is one of the most famous – and infamous – psychological experiments conducted, still discussed in classrooms and pop culture more than half a century on. But ...