Haney

Question 1

What is the aim of Haneys study?

Answer 1

To investigate the effect of being assigned to different roles.

Dispositional vs situational explanations of the attitudes/behaviours of prisoners and guards.

Question 2

What is haneys sample?

Answer 2

•75 males responded and 24 males selected judged to be most stable

•Mock prison Stanford uni

Question 3

How did Haney conduct his study?

Answer 3

•Prisoners arrested at home, handcuffed taken to police station by real police
•Fingerprinted then blindfolded and taken to mock prison.

Question 4

What experiment did haney use?

Answer 4

Lab

Question 5

What was the role of the guard in haneys study?

Answer 5

To maintain reasonable control, not let anyone escape but not to use physical force

Question 6

How were results recorded in haneys study?

Answer 6

Through observation but backed up by video and audio tape, dialogue, questionnaire, interview and self report

Question 7

What were haneys findings?

Answer 7

•90% of the conversations by the prisoners were about the situation.
•Similar guards talked about “problem prisoners”
•Study stopped at day 6 for being too brutal
•5 prisoners released due to extreme depression crying rage and acute anxiety

Question 8

What were the conclusions from haneys study?

Answer 8

Social roles and due to situational factors that says the environment of the prison leads to brutal behaviour.