Zimbados Experiment Flashcards
What was the procedure of the prisoners ?
- arrested at there own house
- forced to wear smocks
-referred to by number
What did they find about the prisoners ?
- some had phycological harm experienced
- some withdrawal early
-3 of them did
What was the procedure for the guards?
- mirrored glasses
-uniforms
-night stick
-keep prisoners under control but not violence
What did they find about the guards ?
-The punishment escalated
-called each other by number
- used humiliation
What was the conclusion of the whole experiment ?
Social roles can have an affect on our behaviour
Social groups
Parts that people play as a member of various social groups,accompanied by expectations and appropriate behaviour.We internalise those expectations and that shapes our behaviour.
Who were involved
24 emotionally stable American male university students
What did the uniforms do ?
Created a loss of person identity encouraging participants to conform to there social roles
Which university was it done at
Basement of Stanford university which was converted into a mock prison
Why did it have gender bias
As only men were used
The role of a guard was a violent one
As females were more stereotypically more caring and concerned
therefore less likely to conform to the roles of the guards
Reducing external valdity
What is an only male sample called ?
Androcentric
What was guideline to protect participants broken
Because zimbardo as a superintendent did not let the prisoners leave
Why was there a lack of informed consent ?
Because prisoners didn’t consent to be arrested at home
Why are the prisoners not protected from harm ?
As they showed sign of psychological disturbance
Definition of social roles
Parts that people play as members of various social groups
These are accompanied by expectations of what we have of what is appropriate behaviour
We internalise the expectations so that they shape our behaviour
