Psychology’s Role in National Security Interrogations: A Heated Debate By: Sondra Davis ’11

Haney, Banks, and Zimbardo’s infamous 1973 Stanford Prison Experiment evaluated the then prominent dispositional hypothesis, which contends, the inmate and correctional population are largely responsible for the deplorable conditions, violence, degradation, and dehumanization within the social institution of prison. The empirical study was designed to simulate a new prison, populated by individuals in the normal-average range of the population; thereby, separating the effects... Read More