Zimbardo

Question 1

Procedure

Answer 1

he randomly split 24 people into guards and prisoners. and investigated how the guards and prisoners would act in a 2 week span in an extremely realistic mock prison.

Question 1

Aims

Answer 1

to see whether peoples would conform to social roles in a mock prison.

Question 2

Results

Answer 2

The guards became abusive and authoritarian, while the prisoners became submissive and emotionally distressed.

Question 3

Conclusion

Answer 3

that social roles played a significant factor in how people acted and behaved.

Question 4

Strengths

Answer 4

had good application as it was a very realistic prison.
there was a debrief at the end of the experiment

Question 5

Weaknesses

Answer 5

guards suffered from demand characteristics.
participants where all similar.
Zimbardo was part of the experiment
poor ethics.