PSYCHOLOGY OF EVIL

STANFORD PRISON EXPERIMENT

• study of the psychological effects of becoming a prisoner or prison guard.
• was conducted at Stanford University from August 14 to August 20, 1971
• investigation into the causes of conflict between military guards and prisoners.
• ultimately subjected some of the prisoners to psychological torture.
• The experiment even affected Zimbardo who in his role as the superintenden

MILGRAM OBEDIENCE EXPERIMENT

• series of social psychology experiments
• conducted by Yale University psychologist Stanley Milgram
• which measured the willingness participants to obey an authority figure
• who instructed them to perform acts that conflicted with their personal conscience
• Controversial cause it could effect participants trust towards others.

ABU GHRAIB IRAQ PRISON SCANDAL

• during the War in Iraq police personnel of the United States Army.
• committed human rights violations against prisoners in the Abu Ghraib prison.
• physically and sexually abused, tortured raped and killed prisoners.
• charged under the Uniform Code of Military Justice with prisoner abuse
• Removed 17 soldiers from duty, and 11 soldiers were charged with assault and battery