conformity to social roles

Question 1

ZIMBARDO’S stanford prison experiment
- sample
- dressed
- study itself
- behaviours
- conclusion

Answer 1

SAMPLE: 24 white American male students randomly allocated prisoner or guard
DRESSED: guards had military uniform (authority) , sunglasses (hides expression) , baton (power), prisoners were stripped (degrading) given numbers (lost identity) , wore a smock
STUDY: arrested by real police, handcuffed, stripped, guards gave orders, prisoners had to obey
BEHAVIOURS: guards were threatening, manipulative, abusive, humiliating. prisoners felt lost, distressed, went on strike, increased anxiety
CONCLUSION: people conform to social roles in environments even if they think its wrong

Question 2

ZIMBARDO EVALUATION

Answer 2

PEEL 1: CRITICISIM
P - distressed
E - anxiety/depression present
E - zimbardo couldn’t stop it, he had conformed, unethical
L - BPS guidelines developed, didn’t have any to break then, cost vs benefit
PEEL 2: CRITICISM
P - low ecological validity
E - guards untrained, prisoners no rights, no physical abuse like real prisons
E - may conformed less or more due to knowing it’s a fake situation? no consequences of actions
L - elements such as arrest like real life
PEEL 3: SUPPORT
P - good application to real life
E - explains behaviours in holocaust? improve prisoners lives?
E - help court cases
L - low generalisability, gender bias

Question 3

MILGRAMS study of obedience (1963)
- aim
- prodecure
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