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Stanford Prison Experiment A guard frisking a prisoner during the Stanford Prison Experiment, 1971. What happens when you give a "good" person absolute power over another? This was the question posed by Philip Zimbardo in the summer of 1971. In what would become the most notorious study in the history of psychology, Zimbardo demonstrated how quickly the "mask" of a social role can consume a person's humanity. The Setup Zimbardo built a mock prison in the basement of Stanfor

We like to believe we are independent thinkers, capable of standing by what we know to be true. But in 1951, Solomon Asch conducted an experiment that suggested our desire to belong is often stronger than our desire to be right. He proved that under the pressure of a group, we are willing to deny the very evidence of our own eyes. The Setup A student would walk into a room to join what they thought was a visual perception test. They sat at a table with seven other "students"

American social psychologist Stanley Milgram with the “shock generator” used in his famous experiment at Yale University in the 1960s. What makes a good person do terrible things? Is it a "rotten apple" in the barrel, or is it the barrel itself? In the mid-20th century, three psychologists conducted a series of experiments that would change our understanding of human nature forever. They discovered that under the right conditions, almost anyone can be pushed to betray their c

On April 5, 1968, the day after Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, a third-grade classroom in Riceville, Iowa, became an unlikely crucible for one of the most powerful and controversial social experiments in history. Jane Elliott, a rural elementary school teacher, faced a profound challenge: how to teach her all-white students about the sting of racism, a concept entirely foreign to their sheltered lives. Her solution was a radical, two-day exercise that would forever

In 1973, eight perfectly healthy people walked into psychiatric hospitals across the United States. They were not there for treatment, and they were not suffering from any mental affliction. Yet, they were all admitted. This was the beginning of the "Rosenhan Experiment" a daring and controversial study that would pull the rug out from under the feet of modern psychiatry. Designed by Stanford psychologist David Rosenhan, the experiment set out to answer a single, disturbing q

Who is The Completion Process (not yet) suitable for? Generally speaking, this method is for anyone who feels called to it—anyone struggling with aspects of life who truly wants to create a better one. However, I have met a handful of people who didn't immediately benefit from The Completion Process. I have a strong suspicion as to why that is, but first, a little background on imagination . The Power of the Mind's Eye The Completion Process relies on your mental-emotional im