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It has been some decades since I was at RMC but just some days since I saw the film "The Stanford Prison Experiment". The film is described on Wikipedia as:
Stanford University psychology professor Philip Zimbardo conducts a psychological experiment to test the hypothesis that the personality traits of prisoners and guards are the chief cause of abusive behavior between them. In the experiment, Zimbardo selects eighteen male students to participate in a 14-day prison simulation to take roles as prisoners or guards. They receive $15 per day. The experiment is conducted in a mock prison located in the basement of Jordan Hall, the university's psychology department building. The students who are guards become abusive, as does Zimbardo himself, as they immerse themselves in their assigned roles. Two students who play the role of prisoners quit the experiment early due to psychological meltdowns, and only after being chastised and roughly brought back to reality by Zimbardo's girlfriend Christina Maslach. Zimbardo abruptly stops the entire experiment after only six days.
While watching the film, I was a bit shocked at how closely the actions of the guards (and prisoners) mirrored some of the experiences of senior cadets (and recruits) at RMC.
Anyone else see the film and have similar thoughts?
Stanford University psychology professor Philip Zimbardo conducts a psychological experiment to test the hypothesis that the personality traits of prisoners and guards are the chief cause of abusive behavior between them. In the experiment, Zimbardo selects eighteen male students to participate in a 14-day prison simulation to take roles as prisoners or guards. They receive $15 per day. The experiment is conducted in a mock prison located in the basement of Jordan Hall, the university's psychology department building. The students who are guards become abusive, as does Zimbardo himself, as they immerse themselves in their assigned roles. Two students who play the role of prisoners quit the experiment early due to psychological meltdowns, and only after being chastised and roughly brought back to reality by Zimbardo's girlfriend Christina Maslach. Zimbardo abruptly stops the entire experiment after only six days.
While watching the film, I was a bit shocked at how closely the actions of the guards (and prisoners) mirrored some of the experiences of senior cadets (and recruits) at RMC.
Anyone else see the film and have similar thoughts?