CONFORMITY TO SOCIAL ROLES Flashcards
zimbardo’s research into social roles has a _____/_____ difference in prison guard perception
cultural/temporal
what did reichler and haslam do to find cultural and temporal diff?
recreated English version of zimbardo’s research
what was the difference between the perception of guards in the two experiments?
z - in charge, authoritative
r and h - calm and controlled
what was the difference between the perception of prisoners in the two experiments?
z - fearful and obedient
r and h - aggressive and disorderly
what can the perceptions of guards and prisoners do?
change the way people conform because if zimbardo’s research was in UK would’ve been very different
the different stereotypes of prisoners and guards reduces the…
generalisability of experiment when applying to different place
how can the diff stereotypes of prisoners and guards be counteracted?
the procedure and hypothesis can be adjusted for diff cultures and eras
what is there a lack of in zimbardo’s research?
lack of research support
what does the lack of research decrease?
the validity of the experiment because no one has found anything to support it
what did r and h’s research find?
that prisoners were more dominant over guards in UK, so zimbardo’s research could be due to individual personality
how can zimbardo’s research be applied irl?
to Abu Ghraib
what happened in Abu Ghraib?
ordinary guards could do evil things to prisoners if they weren’t being caught
how does Abu Ghraib support zimbardo’s research?
show the aim of the experiment, that when you put someone in a situation they conform to their role
what is there a lack of in zimbardo’s experiment?
realism
who said there was a lack of realism in zimbardo’s research?
banuazizi and mohavedi
