In the summer of 1971, a group of ordinary college students walked into a mock prison set up in the basement of Stanford University's psychology department, and within days, something deeply ...

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As a requirement for course completion, students in many courses must participate in four hours of experimental research for each of the first two courses they take in the psychology department.