Criminal- Zimbardo Flashcards
factors into crime and reoffending
- prison conditions
- type of crime in prison and therefore their prison experience
- there criminal record means job finding is harder, their family may split up so people may turn to crime to get money to eat
- psychopaths take pleasure in hurting people
what types of punishment are there
reform= preventative to decrease recidivism punitive= revenge and justice, death sentence or prison
why doesnt prison work at the moment
operant conditioning- learn through rewards or lack of
punishment is an unpleasant stimulus but prison is not, they get TV and hot showers
if it did work then the prison population wouldn’t keep rising
what punishment/ reform works best to decrease recidivism
community service
has positive reinforcement
47% re-offend before in prison, and now much less re-offend. about half less
however 1 in 4 dont actually finish the service because they refuse
anger management
CALM
- teach skills, reduce frequency and intensity of anger
- antisocial thoughts come from undesirable feelings
- you act bad doesn’t mean you are bad
1. understanding anger
2. effect of arousal on anger
3. thought patterns of anger
4. effective communication with others
5. labelling emotions to identify anger
6. how to identify and deal with relapse with a bit of role play to apply what has been learnt
aim
effects of being a guard or prisoner.
situational or dispositional behaviour
sample
24 male volunteers
only mentally mature selected
from 75 people
given $15 a day
design
lab in a mock prison
IV- guard or prisoner
DV- behaviour
what was the prison like
Stanford in basement 3 cells with 3 prisoners in each luxurious guard rooms small cupboard for solitary prisoners wore slacks and chain guards wore sunglasses with khaki and a whistle
method
ptts told they had to maintain roles 24/7
guaranteed basic rights apart from maybe privacy
prisoners arrested at home
guards briefed by zimbardo and told to keep order for effective function, no physical violence
prisoners deloused and head shaved
results
supposed to last 2 weeks but actually 6 days
deindividualisation
pathological prisoner syndrome (rebellion then submissive)
pathology of power was the enjoyment the “guards” received from their power and how quickly they began to mistreat the “prisoners” after they received this power.
how did prisoners show identity loss?
given number and when they met a priest they only said their numbers
how did prisoners show they were under arbitary control
guards had complete control over p with contradicting rules
dependency
prisoners needed guards for basic needs like asking for a wee
conclusions
situational not dispositional
we need guard training programmes
