sac 3 (experiments)

Question 1

Zimbardo’s Stanford prison experiment aim

Answer 1

intended to investigate the impact of status and

power on group behaviour.

Question 2

results

Answer 2

guards became aggressive and more authoritarian
Prisoners became more passive and traumatized
4 prisoners had to be released within 4 days because of depression and anxiety.

Question 3

ethical issues of the Stanford experiment

Answer 3

no harm principle, withdrawal rights, informed consent

Question 4

stanford experiment iv and dv

Answer 4

iv - giving random people either roles of authority or a prisinor
dv - how their behaviour changes

Question 5

stanford experiment iv and dv

Answer 5

iv - participants status

dv - how their behaviour changes

Question 6

asch experiment aim

Answer 6

what effects conformity in people

Question 7

participants of asch’s experiment

Answer 7

1 random person and the rest of the people are confederates

Question 8

aschs experiment results

Answer 8

most people would agree with the incorrect answer

Question 9

asch experiment iv ad dv

Answer 9

iv - number of confederates and what they say.

dv - if the participants agree with the incorrect answer or not

Question 10

mailgrams experiment aim

Answer 10

To see if individuals would
obey an authority figure who was
instructing them to inflict pain on
another person

Question 11

participants of milgrams experiment

Answer 11

40 random male participants aged 20 - 50

Question 12

milgrams experiment results

Answer 12

No participant stopped
administering the
shocks before 300 volts

26 continued to
administer the shocks at
450 volts.

Question 13

milgrams experiment iv dv

Answer 13

iv -

dv - when participants would refuse to continue

Question 14

milgrams ethical issues

Answer 14

withdrawal rights

no harm - mental health