Zimbardo

Question 1

What did the study investigate

Answer 1

If people conformed to social roles

Question 2

What did the study find?

Answer 2

Guards used their authority and prisoners resisted by sticking together
Then prisoners became more passive and obedient and guards invented nastier punishments

Question 3

What ethical issues were there?

Answer 3

Starved and distressed
Guards felt guilt and embarrassment
didn’t have the right to withdraw - were told to sleep on it

Question 4

evaluate the validity due to demand characteristics

Answer 4

Students would have heard of Zimbardo and would be impressed by his status, so would want to produce results he would like

Question 5

How did investigator bias effect the study

Answer 5

Zimbardo placed himself in the study as super intendent and he wanted results that proved his hypothesis

Question 6

Evaluate zimbardos sample

Answer 6

Male - androcentric
Students - low ecological validity
Volunteer - only people who read the newspaper but also would produce motivated people
Incentive - people stayed for the money