social roles of conformity

Question 1

Zimbardo prison experiment 1971
sampling:

Answer 1

volunteer through a newspaper

Question 2

Zimbardo prison experiment 1971
location:

Answer 2

basement of university of Stanford

Question 3

Zimbardo prison experiment 1971
participants:

Answer 3

24 American male students

Question 4

Zimbardo prison experiment 1971
method:

Answer 4

randomly assigned prisoner or guard
prisoners stripped and belongings taken away
prisoners put in cells
guards given uniform
was meant to be 2 weeks but only lasted 6 days due to mistreatment of prisoners

Question 5

Zimbardo prison experiment 1971
results

Answer 5

guards inflicted humiliation + suffering on prisoners
prisoners were obedient

Question 6

AO3 weakness (sample)

Answer 6

sample bias as all US male students
findings can’t be applied to females or other countries
America is individualist culture but collectivist cultures may have different results
lack population validity
CA: currently in the us 93% of inmates are male

Question 7

A03 weakness (ethics)

Answer 7

not protected from harm and lack of informed consent
experiment was very unpredictable so couldn’t fully inform pp’s in what was going to happen, but in official hypothesis he predicted that pp’s would adopt the role
also didn’t consent to being arrested at home
CA: were briefed afterwards

Question 8

AO3 strength

Answer 8

altered the way prisons are run today
juveniles accused of federal crimes bo longer kept with adult prisoners due to risk of violence
use information gained from the study to improve society
CA: some teachings reversed since experiment, sentencing has become more rigid rather than accounting for individual context