What Philip Zimbardo has said about Stanford prison experiment

1 quote · 1 episode · Oct 23, 2026

Philip Zimbardo, Late American psychologist known for the Stanford Prison Experiment and time perspective theory, has been quoted on Stanford prison experiment once in 1 episode of TED Radio Hour, most recently on October 23, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.

In their words

  • Zimbardo describes randomly assigning participants to be guards or prisoners, with prisoners living there around the clock.

    “I randomly assigned them. Half was going to be guards, half was going to be prisoners”

    TED Radio Hour: How we experience time (Oct 23, 2026) · Listen from 45:25

Episodes

  • How we experience time

    TED Radio Hour · Oct 23, 2026 · 50 min

    Manoush Zomorodi explores how humans experience time with artist Katie Paterson, neuroscientist Irena Arslanova, conductor Robert Franz, and psychologist Philip Zimbardo.

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