Stanford Prison Experiment: Why the lead psychologist defended his infamous study to the end
The fallout from the 1971 study led to tighter ethical standards for human studies.
A world-first shyness clinic, an analysis of sexist Reader’s Digest jokes and perhaps the most infamous study ever all emerged from one man’s mind: Emeritus Professor Philip Zimbardo.
The psychologist died last month at his home in San Francisco, California, aged 91.