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Question 1

Aim?

Answer 1

Prison guards sadistic people or does situation create behaviour

Question 2

Procedure

Answer 2

1. Mock prison in Stanford Psyc basement
2. Those assessed emotionally stable randomly assigned roles
3. Arrested, blindfolded and stripped down
4. Social roles strictly enforced by guards
5. Uniforms given

Question 3

Findings?

Answer 3

1. Prisoners rebelled
2. Played prisoners off against each other
3. Harassed in night
4. Guards became aggressive

Question 4

Conclusion

Answer 4

1. Power of situation influences behaviour

2. All conformed to roles

Question 5

High control? A03

Answer 5

1. Controlled variables such as small stable participants assigned random roles to rule of individual differences
2. So behavior must be due to situation so high IV

Question 6

Lack of realism?

Answer 6

1. Not acc conforming to social roles
2. Behaviour based on steriotypes of roles
3. Such as cool hand like being brutal
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4. Situation real to participants
5. 90% convo about prison life
6. Qualitative data said prison real

Question 7

Ethical issues?

Answer 7

1. Zimbardo got too involved

2. Not given right to withdraw

Question 8

Role of disposition

Answer 8

1. Exaggerated power of situation
2. 1/3 were brutal but the rest were indeffiernt or helped prisoners
3. Down to personality