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The Stanford Prison Experiment was originally scheduled to last for two weeks.

Context and Explanation

This psychological study was conducted by Philip Zimbardo in 1971 at Stanford University to investigate the psychological effects of perceived power, focusing on the struggle between prisoners and prison officers. The study was designed to emulate a prison environment in which college students were assigned roles as either guards or prisoners. It was intended to observe how these roles influenced behavior over the span of two weeks. However, due to the extreme and abusive behavior exhibited by the guards and the emotional distress encountered by the prisoners, the experiment was terminated after just six days. The findings raised significant ethical concerns regarding experimental research involving human subjects.