Conformity To Social Roles Flashcards

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What does conforming to social roles mean

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Changing your behavior to suit that of the role you are given in a situation or society

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What’s deindividuation

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The process that occurs when one loses sense of individual identity so that social, moral and societal constraints on behavior are loosened

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What’s situational factors

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any environmental variable that may trigger or cause change in behavior

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Who researched conformity of social roles

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Zimbardo et al (1973)

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What was Zimbardos aim in his study into social roles

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Investigate how readily people would conform to new roles assigned to them

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What was the sample of Zimbardos experiment

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24 well adjusted, healthy male volunteers

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Was Zimbardos study an experiment or observation

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OBSERVATION
- controlled
- participant
- overt

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What was the procedure of Zimbardos experiment into social roles

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  • local police arrested nine ‘prisoners’ taken to Stanford university
  • they were given some rights 3 meals, 3 supervised toilet trips, 2 visits per week
  • only referred to by their prison number
  • guards worked in shifts and were given a uniform aswell as a wooden club, handcuffs, kegs and mirror shades
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What were the findings of Zimbardos study into conformity

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The guards harassed the prisoners and conformed to their perceived roles that the study had to be discontinued after 6 days

The prisoners became depressed and anxious causing mental breakdowns: 1 prisoner on the first day and 2 more on the fourth day

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Conclusion of Zimbardos study into conforming to social roles

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The situational factors of the prison environment played a crucial role in creating the guards brutal behavior

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Strength of zimbardo research

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P: there is real-world application of Zimbardos research
E: for example, the nazi soldiers conformed to their roles more recently in Abu Ghraib in Iraq
E: Zimbardo claims the atrocities carried out are due to situational factors that cause the abuse in power
L: Zimbardos research therefore has clear ecological validity

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Weakness off Zimbardos research

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P:the experiment had ethical issues
E: for example, there was a lack of informed consent in that participants were unaware they would be arrested at home
E:additionally they were deceived and no protection from psychological harm as many had mental breakdowns
L: Although the ethical guidelines of Stanford uni were followed it’s important to question whether the ends justified the means

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