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𝙲𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚙𝚢 𝙷𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝙵𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚜 𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝙸𝚖𝚖𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚁𝚎𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚝 𝙻𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 Psychological experiments went wrong In older days, when mental processes were not widely understood, doctors tended to conduct immoral experiments and give disturbing treatments to patients. The Stanford prison experiment and Little Albert’s study are two of the most disturbing psychological experiments conducted to date. Little Albert was forced to develop a fear of furry toys, and he was never made to unlearn this conditioning. It is believed that due to this, he only lived till the age of 6. While in the Stanford Prison Experiment, “normal” college students were put in detention centers, with half of them given prisoners’ roles and the other half made guards. It was soon seen that the guards started severely abusing the prisoners. The experiment was called off six days later, and it was concluded that power and authority could make even a “normal” person dangerous. However, some psychologists argue that the behavior was not due to power and lack of it, but due to the human instinct to follow orders. The students were merely trying to act the roles they had been assigned. Image source: britannica Source: https://medium.com/lessons-from-history/17-creepy-historical-facts-that-you-will-immediately-regret-learning-7667e1bd5e39