Contents Description of the experiment‚ and information about Zimbardo 2 Method 2 Incidents that took place during the procedure 3 The end of the experiment 6 The conclusion and the criticism of the experiment 6 The Conclusion 6 The Criticism 7 References 8 Description of the experiment‚ and information about Zimbardo The Stanford prison experiment was an experiment conducted by a group of researchers and led by psychology professor Philip Zimbardo. Zimbardo was born in New York City
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Experiment’s purpose‚ according to Zimbardo‚ was to see if people’s behaviors are affected by their social situations or by their morals and personalities. Zimbardo’s hypothesis was that prison guards would be brutal due to their mentality of being prison guards. The prisoners likewise would be rebellious due to the fact that prisoners are people who broke the laws in the first place. There are several weaknesses in the way that Zimbardo designed his study experiment. One was that his sample didn’t
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psychologist Philip Zimbardo set up a simulated prison experiment in order to show that people tend to slip into their predefined roles regardless of their own judgements and morals. Zimbardo was interested in the power of given social situation and social roles. To conduct the experiment‚ Zimbardo and his colleagues Hainey and Banks set up a fake prison facility in the basement of Stanford University. There was a small opening at the end of the hall and intercom system was placed for Zimbardo and his colleagues
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Stanford Prison Experiment Over the years there have been some controversial psychology experiments. Experiments are a way to find an answer to life’s unanswered questions and to make a difference in this world. Not every experiment ended in a wonderful way; instead it is the complete opposite. One of the most controversial experiments is the Stanford Prison Experiment. This experiment lead to a disturbing results leaving the subjects in trauma. Psychologists must stop experiments that can harm an
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controversial studies in the realm of psychology was conducted by Phillip Zimbardo in the 1970s to study the effects of prison conformity on a sample group of college students. This study‚ known as the Stanford Prison Experiment‚ was scheduled to continue for two weeks‚ but it had to be cut short to six days due to the horrendous events that occurred during procedures. Although the majority of researchers currently agree that Zimbardo’s experiment was completely unethical‚ it can be said that the lessons learned
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In an experiment by professor Philip G. Zimbardo to view actions by guards and prisoner‚ ran a semi-realistic type study. Although‚ the professor felt that in fact that it was unethical to continue as long as it did‚ he has used the data to help try to reduce the control issues found. The issues were that the guards became power crazy and push more with this new-found power. The prisoners acted poorly in their roles too. The prisoners felt that they could fight back in their roles which let the guards
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Zimbardo’s Stanford Prison Experiment Aim: To test whether a person is predisposed to certain behaviour or whether the situation can affect their actions. Method: Zimbardo adapted the basement of Stanford University into a fake‚ but realistic prison‚ to replicate the psychological experience of imprisonment and deindividuation. Recruiting 25 emotionally stable‚ healthy‚ volunteers who were randomly assigned the role of prisoner or guard‚ expected to then act out their roles in a prison setting
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at least not actively bad) people can do bad‚ indeed evil things and that this can be explained by the situation in which the acts took place. In 1971 Zimbardo conducted the "Stanford prison experiment" in which students enacted the roles of prison guards and prisoners - the results so traumatised Zimbardo that supposedly he never gave the experiment the complete write-up he intended to. Many years later he acted as an expert witness for the defense of one of the soldiers in the Abu Ghraib prisoner
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Zimbardo Experiment Thoughts The prison experiment discussed in this video involves a group of male college students who were later spilt into two completely different roles‚ prisoners and guards. This experiment‚ done in Stanford University‚ was supposed to last two weeks‚ but only lasted about four to the duress and severity the “prisoners” were put through. Dr. Zimbardo conducted the experiment in such a manner where everything was realistic; they formed a mock prison in the basement of a
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The Stanford Prison experiment drew the attention of how adapting to a situation can make a person become someone else‚ leaving behind who they previously were. Social Psychologist‚ Philip G. Zimbardo‚ highlighted the presentation of classic psychological research on situational forces on human behaviour. Zimbardo debated that the situation is the core in creating individuals to act in ways they would have not acted before. The extent to how situational forces can explain evil acts by the individuals
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