This audio makes it pretty clear the "guards" in the Stanford Prison Experiment were coached. "The guards have to know that every guard is going to be what we call a 'tough guard' ... it's really important for the workings of the experiment."https://twitter.com/alexanderhaslam/status/1007031624255631360 …
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that quote starts at the 9:25 minute mark
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again, it's so interesting that the behind-the-scenes of this experiment actually might lend us some (anecdotal, not scientific) lessons about the power of an authority figure to coerce bad behavior.
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Replying to @B_resnick
But if we're no longer treating it as a scientific experiment, aren't there endless real-world examples of the abuse of power? That just feels like a reason for psychologists to keep it in circulation
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Replying to @hardsci
o yeah. I'm not sure this clip is useful beyond any other example of this sort of persuasion
9:14 AM - 14 Jun 2018
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