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Nearly 50 years ago, Philip Zimbardo ran an experiment at Stanford that has become infamous. We don’t usually link to Wikipedia for research, but the Stanford Prison Experiment has become more important in pop culture than it is in actual psychology, so we are making an exception in this case. This is mostly because of questions regarding the design and execution of the experiment, and the fact that no one has been able to replicate it. Despite these issues, the Stanford Prison Experiment has lived on in the collective consciousness, to the point where it got a fairly star-studded theatrical movie in 2015.
To that end, if you want to support Psych Applied while showing your appreciation for pop psychology, consider picking up some of the Zimbardo Inmate/Guard gear we designed at Teespring!
Each piece of gear says INMATE on the front and GUARD on the back. In addition, under GUARD, each piece of gear says IN ZIMBARDO WE TRUST, just in case someone is unsure what you are referring to. This design is available for the following products:
- Tees
- Pullover hoodies
- Long sleeve tees
- Tank tops
- V-neck tees
- Women’s tees
- Women’s flowy tank tops
- Crewneck sweatshirts
- Mugs
All of the apparel is available in several different sizes. If we may compliment our own design, the front of the apparel stands on its own, as it seems to be a simple social commentary about society (or something). However, the back of the apparel serves as a sort of reveal. People who are not familiar with the Zimbardo experiment will probably just be confused, but people who are familiar with the experiment will hopefully get a chuckle out of it. Also, people who don’t know about the experiment might ask about it, which offers an opportunity to talk about an interesting chapter in the history of psychology.
Any of the nine options would be a good Christmas or birthday present for someone interested in psychology. Even though the experiment has been mostly discredited in terms of how it offers insight into human behavior and power structures, it is still a part of the history of psychology, and plays a role in how the public views psychology.
