Zimbardo : Stanford Prison Experiment Flashcards
What university was the Stanford prison experiment at?
Stanford university
How were the prisoners taken from their homes?
Arrested in their houses and taken into actual police cars in which then the guards were called to take them into the basement jails.
How many days did the experiment last before it was stopped.
6 days
What made zimbardo do this research ?
He wanted to find out if prison guards behave brutally because they have sadistic personalities or is it the situations that creates such behaviour.
What is a thing the prisoners did that of which is similar to a real life prisoner?
The prisoners swore and shouted at the guards
What is the conclusion of this study?
That all the people involved in this experiment conformed to their roles
The simulation revealed the power of the situation to influence people’s behaviour
AO3 : good control over variables
Good control results in an increases in the internal validity of the study
AO3 : Ethical Issues
There were many ethical issues such as deception, protection from harm and didnt allow pps to withdraw.
They were lied to , abused humiliated and torturted and didn’t allow people to leave despite their bad condition
AO3 : lack of realism
Banuazixi & Mohavedi 1975 says they were play acting rather than actually conforming to their roles
Counter argument:
The quantitive data claimed that 90% of the conversations were about prisoners and the prison.
Prisoner 416 expressed the view that the prison was a real one but run by psychologists
AO3 : lack of realism
Banuazixi & Mohavedi 1975 says they were play acting rather than actually conforming to their roles
Counter argument:
The quantitive data claimed that 90% of the conversations were about prisoners and the prison.
Prisoner 416 expressed the view that the prison was a real one but run by psychologists
Final Conclusion of Zimbardo’s Study
That the participants were conforming to their social roles
(- May be overstated )
