Home›Sources›Wikipedia: Stanford prison experimentSourcesWikipedia: Stanford prison experimentEncyclopediaCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextPsychology Atlas. "Wikipedia: Stanford prison experiment." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://psychology.interactiveatlas.org/sources/wikipedia-stanford-prison-experiment.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextPsychology Atlas. (n.d.). Wikipedia: Stanford prison experiment. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://psychology.interactiveatlas.org/sources/wikipedia-stanford-prison-experimentCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{psychologyatlas-wikipedia-stanford-prison-experiment, author = {Psychology Atlas}, title = {Wikipedia: Stanford prison experiment}, year = {2026}, url = {https://psychology.interactiveatlas.org/sources/wikipedia-stanford-prison-experiment}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXReference and ClassificationDevelopingWikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_prison_experimentFactsSourcesClaims Backed By This Source (19 claims)Take a Related QuizComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsCitationPublisherWell-attestedWikimedia FoundationSource TypeWell-attestedEncyclopediaAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested2SourcesWikipedia: Stanford prison experimenttier 2Wikimedia FoundationWikipedia: Stanford prison experimenttier 2Wikimedia FoundationArticle headerWikipedia: Stanford prison experimenttier 2Wikimedia FoundationSite footerClaims Backed By This Source (19 claims)This source backs 19 claims across the atlas. As facts: 12 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 1 holds, 1 connected. Plus 4 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicOpen Questions, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.Studies and Experiments, 7 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 1 holds, 3 general references.Sources, 4 claims: 4 well-attested.Well-attested12Open QuestionsDid the Stanford Prison Experiment reveal a genuine, spontaneous psychological effect of institutional roles, or did the guards' abusive behavior result substantially from Philip Zimbardo's own coaching and demand characteristics rather than emerging naturally from the prison situation itself?SourcesWikipedia: Stanford prison experimentStudies and ExperimentsStanford Prison ExperimentScholarly debate1Studies and ExperimentsStanford Prison ExperimentHolds1Studies and ExperimentsStanford Prison ExperimentConnected1Open QuestionsDid the Stanford Prison Experiment reveal a genuine, spontaneous psychological effect of institutional roles, or did the guards' abusive behavior result substantially from Philip Zimbardo's own coaching and demand characteristics rather than emerging naturally from the prison situation itself?General References4Open QuestionsDid the Stanford Prison Experiment reveal a genuine, spontaneous psychological effect of institutional roles, or did the guards' abusive behavior result substantially from Philip Zimbardo's own coaching and demand characteristics rather than emerging naturally from the prison situation itself?Studies and ExperimentsStanford Prison ExperimentTake a Related QuizPsychology's Landmark Experiments and the Replication CrisisIncludes a question about Wikipedia: Stanford prison experiment.Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year