Marie Helweg-Larsen wrote:

I think I've always thought of Zimbardo's study as a study in which there were few incentives to act in an evil way.

Yes, and I think that's the way Zimbardo intended it to be seen. Nevertheless, the fact that the "guards" may have been given more instruction than we originally believed doesn't really undermine the general "power of the situation" thesis all that much.

Regards,
Chris
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Christopher D. Green
Department of Psychology
York University
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