PSY 037: Social Psychology C1 | Creative Portfolio: III-Self Reflection Time!
UNLOCKING THE TRUTH ABOUT THE STANFORD PRISON EXPERIMENT - DR. Z
THE REAL LESSON OF THE EXPERIMENT
The Stanford Prison Experiment is no longer just a story about the corruption of power.
It is a powerful example of how:
Social roles shape identity
Situations influence behavior
Beliefs shape interpretation
Narratives can persist even when challenged
The guards were not simply evil.
The prisoners were not simply weak.
They were individuals responding to a powerful social environment and to what they believed was expected of them.
In the end, Social Psychology is not only about behavior ā it is about how people think about behavior.
Misha Harriet F. Ciencia







