6 Flashcards
All the Guards admitted to?
Enjoying their role of extreme power and control over the Prisoners
When there were areas thag were not recorded the treatment was?
Worse behavior of the Guards
What did the Guards and Prisoners mainly talk about?
The prison situation
Didn’t share personal information
Zimbardo believes the experiment demonstrates?
The powerful effect that roles have on one’s behavior
What two Concepts developed?
Pathology of Power
Pathological Prisoner Syndrome
What is the Pathological Prison Syndrome?
The social deterioration of Prisoners
Some rebel but many will turn against the troublemakers to conform as a helpless prisoner
How did the Pathological Prisoner Syndrome develop?
Loss of personal identity
Guards would change the rules
Prisoners were made to feel dependent Guards for everything
What is Arbitrary Control?
The Guards changing the rules in the experiment
Prisoners learn helplessness
Did the Guards show up on time to work?
Yes and volunteered to state later