Evaluation Of The Stanford Prison Experiment Flashcards
The SPE was ethical because…
Followed ethic guidelines of university, ethical committee approved, No deception, ppts informed in advance usual rights suspended.
the SPE wasn’t ethical because…
Zimbardo was superintendent and lead researcher made him lose perspective of researcher and act in unethical way. Psychological harm 5 had to leave (stress).
Feeling like couldn’t leave and sleep deprivation.
Zimbardo’ research has high internal validity because…
Screening for emotionally stable ppts. Randomly assigned to roles. Strength bc if guards and prisoners behaved differently it’s bc of roles not individual differences.
Counter counter: Prisoners called themselves by numbers, asked for parole not withdraw. Free time talked about prison life guards worked overtime no extra pay.
Zimbardo’s research wasn’t valid because…
Argued it lacks mundane realism as didn’t experience similar emotional environment to real life prison. Banvazi and mohavedi (1975) ppts play acting. One of guards based on role from Cold hand Luke. Demand characteristics mean internal validity of research is reduced.
Research is andocentric
Focuses on male ppts. Been found women behave different under stress so may not apply to both genders. Suffered from beta bias minimises differences between genders.
