Evaluation of Zimbardo's Study Flashcards
all ppts all agreed to take part in zimbardo’s experiment therefore gave what? ALTHOUGH, all ppts did not give …. to all aspects?
they gave informed consent
CONSENT
prisoners and guards under went a lot of trauma.., therefore what weren’t they protected from?
psychological harm
prisoners had no right to what?
to withdraw
why could there have been demand characteristics in this study?
ppts could have shown conformity to social roles due to demand characteristics, where they would have guessed the aim of thew study and acted in an more aggressive way to prisoners
what is wrong with zimbardo’s sample size?
all male, white students,american and possibly have same intellectual abilities
zimbardo’s sample can be seen to have gender bias and also consider ethnocentric, why is this bad?
this means that it cannot be generalized to all members of the population.
people volunteered due to payment, what is the problem?
therefore they will get a certain type of person applying and people with more time on their hands
zimbardo got his sample via newspaper, what is the problem?
only people who read the paper would see the advertisement
why does the study lack reliability?
because zimbardo was involved as a participant observer
zimbardo’s study cannot be repeated to the same extreme this means that it lacks what?
reliability
name the three types of validity that zimbardo’s study LACKS.
lacks population validity
lacks ecological validity
lacks temporal validity
zimbardo’s study lacks internal validity, why?
because zimbardo was involved in the experiment himself
why cant zimbardo’s research be repeated?
due to extreme ethical issues
zimbardo’s study has real world applications as seen in where?
in Abu Ghraib and improving the prison system in America
