The basement of a Stanford University building was transformed into a makeshift prison for the study. Zimbardo randomly divided students into guards and prisoners in a simulated prison environment ...

In 1971, 24 young male volunteers were randomly assigned to the roles of “inmates” and “guards” in a pretend prison in the basement of Stanford University’s psychology department.

An infamous 'prison' in a university basement You've likely heard of the Stanford prison experiment. In 1971, 24 young male volunteers were randomly assigned to the roles of "inmates" and "guards" in ...