The Standford Prison Experiment Introduction Professor Philip Zimbardo led a team of researchers in conducting an experiment on prison life at Standford University in 1971. Zimbardo wanted to test his hypothesis that it was the prisoners and guards inherent personality trait that leads to abusive and violent behavior in the prisons. Twenty-four predominately white male middle class men agreed to participate in a 7-14 day experiment in return for $15.00 a day‚ the equivalent of approximately $90
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Tomato‚ and Mind Control: A comparison between Anthony Burgess’ A Clockwork Orange; Jonathan Demme’s The Manchurian Candidate; and George Orwell’s 1984 in relation to mind control and human conditioning. Mr. Robinson ENG 4U Nykki Armstrong January 10. 13 The greater the power‚ the more dangerous the abuse – Edmund Burke Muammar Gaddafi‚ Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler all have one vital thing in common; these men all had an overwhelming greed for power and control. It was
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Mind control or brainwashing‚ also called Coercive Persuasion‚ is the systematic effort to persuade non believers to accept a certain allegiance‚ command‚ or doctrine (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Mind control is used all throughout 1984 as a recurring theme to show how little power the people of Oceana actually have. Just like in the novel 1984‚ mind control is becoming increasingly apparent in the modern day world. In today’s society mind control is a bigger problem than many people may realize‚
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In the novel 1984‚ George Orwell creates a dystopian society where people are stripped of their humanity and individuality does not exist. Oceania is one of three superstates in 1984 where the Party maintains absolute power over its people. The party uses a variety of tools to maintain their power through surveillance through the telescreens‚ child spies‚ and the thought police. They also used brainwashing with propaganda‚ and psychological manipulation and physical control. One of the methods
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Political Control Techniques in 1984 In the year 1984 there is one political party for Oceania‚ known only as the Party‚ and led by Big Brother. Nobody opposes the party because the party controls the population using methods such as creating youth organizations‚ manipulating history through the Ministry of Truth‚ and the telescreens. Youth organizations‚ such as the Spies‚ teach children to turn in adults to the ThoughtPolice who commit crimes against the Party. Using children to watch their
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Prisoned Mind Throughout history‚ leaders such as Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin have used propaganda as a means of gaining power. Similarly‚ In 1984‚ George Orwell creates the character Big Brother as a leader who already has power over his people‚ but needs a way to preserve. By causing distrust in the community through the use of thought manipulation and telescreens‚ Big Brother is able to establish totalitarian rule over the people. The thought police is responsible for causing disunity in the
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Bibliography: • Zimbardo‚ P. G. (2007). The Lucifer Effect: Understanding how good people turn evil. New York: Random House. [See also LuciferEffect.com] • Schwartz‚ J. (May 6‚ 2004). Simulated prison in ’71 showed a fine line between ’normal ’ and ’monster. ’ New York Times‚ p. A20. • Zimbardo‚ P. G. (2004). A situationist perspective on the psychology of evil: Understanding how good people are transformed
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Misery is a most effective method of control; for when people are miserable they lack the resolve to rebel‚ since they will be weakened both mentally and physically. The Party is able to maintain control of the people by keeping them at a perpetual state of misery through an unfulfilling lifestyle‚ lack of psychological stimuli‚ and loss of individuality. The people of Oceania live in a cold‚ dark world full of dread and constraints. In such conditions‚ life can be but unfulfilling at best. The
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The experiment involved using university students with no previous criminal record or any debilitating mental illnesses as subjects. Zimbardo then assigned to each subject a role at random. Half of the subjects were given the role of guard and the other half would be the prisoners. The guards were given absolute control and power over the prisoner’s lives for the duration for the experiment. Over time the guards became more abusive towards the prisoners. The experiment was
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Mind Control is the Foundation of Cults What are cults and what are the issues society argues about them? Many people argue over all different central issues of cults. One issue people argue is that cults cause social and personal disruption. Another issue would be that people in society dismiss the whole notion of cults completely saying that every religion can be viewed as a cult. However‚ when it comes down to it a cult is simply nothing other than a person using mind control over the
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