zimbardo

Question 1

what are the different types of conformity

Answer 1

compliance, identification, internalisation

Question 2

what does Zimbardo look into

Answer 2

social roles causing identification

Question 3

what was Zimbardo’s sampling method

Answer 3

volunteer sampling- newspaper ad offering $15 a day for a psychology study

Question 4

what is an issue with volunteer sampling

Answer 4

lacks population validity as it only represents outgoing people

Question 5

briefly explain Zimbardo’s procedure

Answer 5

newspaper advert offering $15 a day for a psychology study, meant to last 14 days did checks to see if pts were mentally able to take part, randomly assigned roles of prisoner or guard through coin flip, prisoners were then put under a realistic arrest and taken into the experiment, Zimbardo was watching over the experiment

Question 6

what were the results of Zimbardo’s study

Answer 6

the guards were 1/3 sadistic, 1/3 rule followers and 1/3 lenient
the prisoners- 4 left before it was over, some were obedient others rioted

Question 7

what was some ethical issues Zimbardo faced

Answer 7

right to withdraw- he made leaving the experiment a very last resort and didn’t immediately let them go
debriefing- his advert in the newspaper didn’t describe his experiment in detail, however he did fully debrief hem afterwards
informed consent- they didn’t consent to everything in the experiment for example physical punishment
deception- he said they couldn’t leave but let 4 go
participant harm-guards tortured the prisoners leading one to an uncontrolable rage