Philip Zimbardo's 'The Stanford Prison Experiment Continues To Shock'
Answer the following questions in complete sentences, as provided for use by Cumbria University:
1. What is the title of the text and what is the text about?
The title of the study I chose for this week is “Stanford prison experiment continues to shock”. The Stanford Prison Experiment was a psychological experiment designed to investigate human behavior. The experiment involved the assignment of volunteers who agreed to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a fake prison. It was conducted in 1971 by a team of researchers led by Professor Philip Zimbardo of Stanford University. However, the experiment quickly went out of control and was aborted.
2. What is the author’s view? How do I know?
Since the author didn’t talk anything in benefits of the experiment, in my opinion, Alastair Leithead, the author of the article published on http://bbc.com was to criticize the experiment. …show more content…
What is the evidence presented by the author to support ideas?
As the article is about a true story, the evidences are concrete facts declared by real characters as the declaration of one of the prisoner Clay Ramsey. He said: “what was demanded of me physically was way too much and I also felt that there was really nobody rational at the wheel of this thing so I started refusing food” (Leithead, 2011).
4. Is the evidence valid? How do I know?
Yes, the evidence is valid. The participants had physical issues and mental disorders.
The professor Zimbardo, who started the experiment, “recalled some of prisoners, leaving the experiments for developed a psychosomatic all over boy rash” (Leithead, 2011).
5. Is the evidence relevant? How do I know?
I think the evidence is relevant to show how the cruelty on prisons can be harm an affect people mentally. This experiment shows prisons like that could never exist.
6. Have I heard/read anything similar or dissimilar? What was
1. What is the title of the text and what is the text about?
The title of the study I chose for this week is “Stanford prison experiment continues to shock”. The Stanford Prison Experiment was a psychological experiment designed to investigate human behavior. The experiment involved the assignment of volunteers who agreed to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a fake prison. It was conducted in 1971 by a team of researchers led by Professor Philip Zimbardo of Stanford University. However, the experiment quickly went out of control and was aborted.
2. What is the author’s view? How do I know?
Since the author didn’t talk anything in benefits of the experiment, in my opinion, Alastair Leithead, the author of the article published on http://bbc.com was to criticize the experiment. …show more content…
What is the evidence presented by the author to support ideas?
As the article is about a true story, the evidences are concrete facts declared by real characters as the declaration of one of the prisoner Clay Ramsey. He said: “what was demanded of me physically was way too much and I also felt that there was really nobody rational at the wheel of this thing so I started refusing food” (Leithead, 2011).
4. Is the evidence valid? How do I know?
Yes, the evidence is valid. The participants had physical issues and mental disorders.
The professor Zimbardo, who started the experiment, “recalled some of prisoners, leaving the experiments for developed a psychosomatic all over boy rash” (Leithead, 2011).
5. Is the evidence relevant? How do I know?
I think the evidence is relevant to show how the cruelty on prisons can be harm an affect people mentally. This experiment shows prisons like that could never exist.
6. Have I heard/read anything similar or dissimilar? What was