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"Zimbardo's Stanford Prison Experiment" is not related to "Prisoner's Dilemma". Consider "Prisoner's Dilemma" some more.
The Stanford Prison Experiment was conducted in 1971 by Philip Zimbardo, a psychologist at Stanford University. The experiment intended to study the psychological effects of becoming a prisoner or prison guard.
I have had time to consider the topic more deeply, and I am going to put forth an argument that it is not related to Prisoner's Dilemma. The Stanford Prison Experiment was conducted in 1971 by Philip Zimbardo, a psychologist at Stanford University.
The experiment intended to study the psychological effects of becoming a prisoner or prison guard. The participants were randomly assigned roles of prisoners and guards in a mock prison situated in the basement of the Stanford psychology building.
Prisoners and guards were not told about the purpose of the experiment beforehand.
The participants adapted to their roles well beyond Zimbardo's expectations, as the guards enforced authoritarian measures and eventually subjected some of the prisoners to psychological torture. Many of the prisoners passively accepted psychological abuse and, at the request of the guards, readily harassed other prisoners who attempted to prevent it.
The experiment even affected Zimbardo, who, in his capacity as the superintendent, allowed the abuses to occur. Two of the prisoners quit the experiment early.