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International Journal of Social Psychology
Revista de Psicología Social
Volume 19, 2004 - Issue 2
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Original Articles

Visión crítica de la explicación de la tiranía basada en los roles: pensando más allá del Experimento de la Prisión de Stanford

A critique of the role-based explanation of tyranny: Thinking beyond the Stanford Prison

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Pages 115-122 | Published online: 23 Jan 2014
 

Resumen

Este artículo cuestiona el diseño, los procedimientos y la interpretación de los resultados del conocido “Experimento de la Prisión de Stanford” realizado por Zimbardo y colaboradores. Un estudio alternativo, el denominado “Experimento de la Prisión de la BBC” ha obtenido resultados totalmente distintos de los descritos por Zimbardo y colaboradores. Los resultados de este nuevo estudio son interpretados dentro del marco de la Teoría de la Identidad Social y sugieren una visión radicalmente diferente de la psicología del poder y de la tiranía.

Abstract

A critique of Zimbardo et al.'s well-known “Stanford Prison Experiment” is provided. This identifies its design and procedural limitations and points to misleading interpretations of its results. An alternative study which produced dramatically different results to those obtained by Zimbardo is then described—the “BBC Prison Experiment”. Its findings are interpreted within the framework of Social Identity Theory and suggest a radically different understanding of the psychology of power and tyranny.

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