Phillip Zimbardo, professor of psychology at Stanford University, designed "The Stanford Prison Experiment: A Simulation Study of Prison Psychology "imprisonment carried out in August 1971 at Stanford University". It was created just for students taking classes at Stanford University. Zimbardo's central idea was "to create a functional simulation of a prison, not a literal prison" (¶ 13). During the experiment, an event called counting was administered. The guards would wake the prisoners and make them repeat their individual numbers over and over again, to memorize them. The accounts issued at night by the guards aimed to enslave the prisoners, but made the guards responsible. The account oppressed prisoners into identifying their number as their new name. The Count reminded the guards of their power over the prisoners and their role in the prison. Counts were taken every shift (usually at night) with loud whistles, and several times during a shift. The identification number placed on the prisoner's uniform made the person feel anonymous. The prisoners could only call...