Conformity to social roles Flashcards
what are social roles
social roles are the ‘parts’ that people play as members of different social groups.
involves identification adopt different social roles for different social situations
real world application of zimbardo study
Zimbardo argues that the same conformity to social role effect
from the SPE was also present in Abu Ghraib. Zimbardo believed that the guards who
committed the abuse were the victims of situational factors that
made abuse more likely e.g. lack of training, unrelenting boredom
and no accountability to a higher authority, which were present in
both situations. These combined with an opportunity to misuse
the power associated with the assigned role of ‘guard’ led to the
prisoner abuse in both situations. HAS HIGH ECOLOGICAL VALIDITY
