Zimbardo Prison Study
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- Day 1
- Day 2
- Day 3
- Prisoners were 'arrested', stripped and deloused (cleaned). Guards used press-ups as punishments.
- Day 4
- Prisoners rebelled by barricading themselves in. Guards punished ringleaders with solitary confinement, and rewarded those who weren't responsible with washing privileges.
- Day 5
- Guards became more brutal and refused to let prisoners leave their cells. One prisoner had a breakdown.
- Day 6
- Participant who had broken down was allowed to leave.
- Guards made prisoners clean toilets with their bare hands, and also sexually humiliated them.
- Guards had total power and all the prisoners obeyed them. Zimbardo's visiting Psychology graduate girlfriend Christina Maslach objected to the study and convinced him to stop.
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