Effects of imprisonment - Paper 3 (crime)

Question 1

Haney and Zimbardo

Answer 1

Stanford prison experiment
Investigate causes of dehumanisation and emasculation in prisons

Question 2

Dispositional hypothesis

Answer 2

Suggests that it is not the environment which causes people to act in the way they do but it is actually the disposition of those who work and live there

Question 3

Haney and Zimbardo background

Answer 3

At the time, recidivism rates were around 75%
Prisons known to fail on humanitarian grounds - atrocities

Question 4

Stanford prison experiment

Answer 4

Created simulated prison
Ppts were either assigned to be a prisoner or a guard
DV was their resultant behaviour
Given uniforms

Question 5

Stanford prison experiment results

Answer 5

Had to be stopped after 6 days
Interactions between prisoners and guards become increasingly violent
Guards more active in starting interactions
5 prisoners had to be released due to anxiety, depression, crying and rage
Some guards were cruel
90% of prisoner conversations were about the prison
Prisoners became excessively negative and obedient - pathological prisoner syndrome
Guards developed pathology of power

Question 6

Stanford prison experiment conclusions

Answer 6

Behaviour in prisons is better explained by situational not dispositional factors
Prisoners may develop pathological prisoner syndrome
Guards may develop pathology of power

Question 7

Haney and Zimbardo application

Answer 7

Anger management programmes
Restorative justice
CBT
Social skills training