Conformity to social roles and Zimbardo's study Flashcards
ZIMBARDO- what are social roles?
that parts that people play as members of different social groups
ZIMBARDO- what was Zimbardo interested in?
were the violent prison guards acting in such a way due to a sadistic personality, or did the situation cause it?
ZIMBARDO- where did Zimbardo conduct the experiment?
the basement of Stanford University
ZIMBARDO- what were Zimbardo’s participants tested for?
mental stability
ZIMBARDO- when did zimbardo’s study start and end?
14th Aug 1971- 20th Aug 1971
ZIMBARDO- how many applied and how many participated?
75 apply, 24 participate
ZIMBARDO- where was the study advertised?
in a newspaper
ZIMBARDO- how much were participants paid?
$15 a day
ZIMBARDO- participants were all…
male
ZIMBARDO- participants faced - due to -
deindividuation, loss of personal identity such as clothing and names
ZIMBARDO- who set up the prison?
the guards and zimbardo
ZIMBARDO- zimbardo played the role of…
prison superintendent
ZIMBARDO- prisoners were taken to the prison…
in a police car after being arrested by an officer
ZIMBARDO- what happened on day 2?
prisoners rebelled and guards began to punish them
ZIMBARDO- what happened on day 3?
prisoner 8612 released after a breakdown, crying and shouting hysterically
ZIMBARDO- what happened on days 4 and 5?
2 more prisoners released, others became mindless and obedient
ZIMBARDO- what happened on day 6?
the experiment was terminated by Stanford ethics committee
ZIMBARDO- punishments given included…
solitary confinement, placing blankets in nettles and dirt, being made to do push ups, clean the toilet
ZIMBARDO- the experiment was unethical as it lacked…
informed consent
ZIMBARDO- zimbardo being superintendent was unethical as…
it was a conflict of interest, as he was meant to watch out for participants’ wellbeing, but he couldn’t as he had also started to conform to his social role
ZIMBARDO- the roles were allocated…
randomly
ZIMBARDO- what did Banuazizi and Mohavedi say and when?
it was very easy to guess what Zimbardo expected participants to do, and so they acted artificially to please him, 1975
ZIMBARDO- how many guards were actually brutal?
1/3
ZIMBARDO- the strengths of Zimbardo’s study were…
external validity seen in Aru Ghraib, good control over variables such as testing mental state, the experiment was monitored by Stanford Ethics Committee
ZIMBARDO- the methodological weaknesses of zimbardo’s study were…
easy to guess the demand characteristics leading to artificial behaviour, accused of exaggerating results as only 1/3 of the guards acted brutally, with 1/3 remaining neutral and 1/3 behaving kindly towards the prisoners.
ZIMBARDO- the ethical weaknesses of zimbardo’s study were…
it lacked informed consent, zimbardo was superintendent of the prison which meant that he had conflicting interests, as he conformed to his social role but was also supposed to be looking out for his participants’ wellbeing.
