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Summary Of The Stanford Prison Experiment By David Mcleod

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People have talked about how power can corrupt a person's mind. In the articles, that were written by Saul Mcleod, " The Stanford Prison Experiment" and "The Milgram Experiment," he writes about two studies that are able to prove the theories. In "The Stanford Prison Experiment," Mcleod writes about a professor named Zimbardo. In 1917 Zimabardo conducted a study to see if power would corrupt a person's mind if the gained authority over another. He had college kids act as prison guards and the others as prisoners. The study showed that the guards abused their powers that they had gained. Zimbardo had to eventually shutdown the experiment early due to the danger some of the kids faced. Mcleod also reports about the Milgram Experiment that was conducted in 1963. Dr. Milgram wanted to see if somene would intentually hurt somebody if somebody of authority told the to. Both studies show that power and authority can make people evil. …show more content…

In this case the boys that were prison guards abused the power they were given. Mcleod writes that "within hours of beginning the experiment some gurads began to harass the prisoners." The guards would intentionally mess up the beds that were made. The mock prison guards were dominant and the prisoners sumitted to them. The kids were allowed to leave, but none of them did. One killed tries to kill himself and that is where it ends the experiment for Zimbardo. This study shows the power can corrupt; can authority courrupt as

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