MIND FIELD Revisits The Stanford Prison Experiment in New Episode

The Stanford Prison Experiment is arguably the most famous psychology experiment ever conducted. A cornerstone of every Intro Psychology textbook, the mythology of this famous study has ?captured the public imagination for 47 years,? spawning movies and television shows, even driving public policy. The experiment claimed to prove that? good, normal people, when put into a situation that overwhelms them have the capacity for evil, anti-social behavior. But the study is flawed in a multitude of ways, coming under new scrutiny as recently as this summer. But even if the methodology of the experiment was flawed, could the conclusions be true?

In this special episode of Mind Field, Vsauce's Michael Stevens talks to one of the original experiment participants and its creator to uncover new insights into what really happened during the study. Then Stevens, with the help of Jared Bartels, Associate Professor of Psychological Science at William Jewell College and one of the leading experts on the Stanford Prison Experiment, designs his own experiment that will test the conclusion that anonymity and power were the linchpins to creating anti-social guard.

Watch the episode below!

"The Stanford Prison Experiment, Revisited" premieres on the Vsauce channel on Youtube Premium Wednesday, December 19

Host Michael Stevens, founder of Vsauce (13+ million subscribers), is joined by Stanford Prison Experiment participant Dave Eshelman, and experiment creator Philip Zimbardo plus journalist Ben Blum, whose explosive expose about the experiment ignited a new round of criticism and Jared Bartels, Associate Professor of Psychological Science at William Jewell College.

Michael Stevens is a popular Youtube creator with millions of fans tuning in to learn about topics including social psychology, artificial intelligence, space exploration, and more - with an emphasis on making Science accessible to all and applicable to the everyday.

Mind Field is executive produced by Michael Stevens, along with Eli Holzman and Aaron Saidman for The Intellectual Property Corporation (IPC), an Industrial Media company. Claire Kosloff serves as showrunner and Executive Producer.

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