Conformity To Social Roles Flashcards
(35 cards)
Zimbardo wants to know if guards behaved brutally because if their personalities, what’s this explanation called?
Dispositional
How did Zimbardo make the experience as realistic as possible? Give 7 features of the prisoners.
They were arrested at their own homes by police Fingerprinted Stripped Deloused Dehumanisation (removal of identity) Wore numbered smocks Chains round their ankles
Name 5 features of Zimbardo’s procedure?
75 males Responded to a newspaper advert Volunteers $15 a day 21 most psychologically healthy Randomly assigned role of prisoner or guard
Where was zimbardos study based and what was it changed into?
Stanford university , mock prison
How does identification occur when we conform to social roles?
We join a group and behave the way the group does because we want to fit in and we think the group is right while we are with the group. THIS IS TEMPORARY
Define what social role means.
The part people play as members of a social group. We have expectations about what is appropriate behaviour in each role. For example grandparents are meant to be kind, caring and slow.
Zimbardo wanted to know if the prison guards behaved brutally because if their situation, what’s this called?
Situational
What do we have that allows us to behave different in different situations?
Mental script
What was Zimbardo interested in seeing?
If normal healthy American males would conform to the roles of prisoner and prison guard if he placed them in a mock prison.
After 36 hours of zimbardo’s study one prisoners was released, why?
Crying fits and rage
3 more prisoners in zimbardos study developed what sort of symptoms?
Crying fits and rage
What happened to a fifth prisoner in zimbardos study?
Developed a rash after his parole was denied
How many days into the study was it ended?
6
What was zimbardos role in his own study?
Superintendent (in charge of all the guards)
Why did zimbardo stop the study 6 days in?
He realised the damage that was occurring and increasing violent behaviour of the guards at night when they thought they weren’t being watched
How did prisoners and guards feel when the study was stopped?
The prisoners were delighted the study had ended but the guards were upset
What did zimbardo conclude from his study? Give 2 reasons.
That we will conform to social roles demanded in a situations even when the roles override individual beliefs about how we should behave. It is likely the prisoners and guards demonstrated social roles from media (prison films)
Which explanation is supported more? And why in Zimbardo’s study?
The situational was supported more as none of the ppts showed any aggressive characteristics before the study.
What led to the uncharacteristic behaviour did zimbardo say in his study.
The environment
Why did Zimbardo’s study have good internal validity?
He was able to control some of the extraneous variables
He was able to show it was most likely situational factors that led to conformity as he made sure the students were emotionally stable
Why did Zimbardo’s study have ethical issues?
The consent couldn’t be fully informed because he didn’t know what would happen as it was unpredictable
Ppts playing the role of prisoners were not protected from psychological and physical harm
Who accused Zimbardo of exaggerating the situation?
Fromm
Why did Fromm say Zimbardo exaggerated the situation?
One third of the guards were aggressive
Another third followed rules fairly
And last third were sympathetic and even gave the prisoners cigarettes
What did what Fromm found suggest?
That not all the guards were confirming to their social role of prison guards
