Zimbardo's - Stanford experiment Procedure Flashcards
what was zimbardo’s aim?
to examine whether people would conform to social roles of a prison guard or prisoner when placed in a mock environment
what did zimbardo also want to examine?
he wanted to examine whether the behaviour displayed in prisons was due internal dispositional factors, the people themselves
OR
external situational factors, the environment
stanford prison experiment was not a what? what was it acutally?
experiment, it was instead a controlled participant overt observation. This us because it took place in a controlled environment rather than an actual prison and zimbardo himself was a ppt
zimbardo used what sampling method to obtain his ppt?
volunteer
what did it say on the newspaper zimbardo used to promote his experiment on?
‘male college students needed for a psychological study of prison life, $15 per day for 1-2 weeks’
how did zimbardo set up this experiment?
they had 21 final ppts who were randomly assigned ‘guard’ or ‘prisoner’. they were chosen from 75 volunteers based on physical and mental stability
what was the construction of the experiment?
- created a realistic jail
the prison had a series of cells for three people, a closet for solitary confinement and a corridor - they had no video camera to record events and listen via an intercom
what happened to those who were allocated to be a prisoner?
they were arrested at the home (they didn’t know this would happen) they read their rights and searched then taken to the police station.
when the prisoners go the station what happen?
at the station they were formally charged,fingerprinted, photographed and left blindfolded in a holding cell
when prisoners got the station, what happened?
they had a video camera to record events and listened via an intercom
what did the guards wear?
they wore a uniform of kaki, they wore a whistle carried a club and wore REFLECTIVE sunglasses
At first, the guards were …. how to assert authority.
unsure
the guards had complete …. with reason to do what was ……. to maintain … and order
FREEDOM / NECESSARY / LAW
zimbardo was a ppt observer, what was his role within the prison?
prison warden
what did one prison begin suffering from? (prisoner #8612)
began suffering from acute emotional disturbance
prisoner #8612 said he wanted to leave, how did zimbardo respond?
zimbardo reacted like prison governor and offered him security of he became a snitch
what message to prisoner #8612 start spreading around to the others?
he started spreading to the prisoners that it was real and they couldn’t leave
