Standard Prison Experiment: Source Of Conflicts Between Power And Authority

Standard Prison Experiment This experiment shows how individual personalities could be engulf when they were given power and authority. Also, the individual were acting in a way that they thought was required, rather than using their own judgement. The experiment showed how subjects reacted to the specific needs of the situations, rather than considering their moral beliefs and thoughts. Based on my opinion one of the sign about how serious the subjects playing their role to continue this experiment was the release of the first prisoner. Prisoner was released only after day and a half into the experiment because he was emotionally going insane, crying uncontrollably,
For example, within hours of beginning of this experiment, guards started harassing prisoners and behaved in a brutal manner, seems like they were enjoying it. Another example, the prisoners were taunted with insults and tortured by giving different tasks such as cleaning toilets with bare hands, etc. The participants felts involved and committed. In addition, this experiment was attempted to isolate the source of conflicts between prisoners and guards in terms of role, power and individual behavior. For example, guards were firmly in control and prisoners were completely dependent on them. Everyday prisoner are enforced to follow law and orders created by guards for prison. Another example, guards switching living arrangements, bad prisoners were put into the privilege cells and good prisoners were into the normal cells. This isolation messed up prisoners head and turned all against each other. The guard had took over all the aspects of the prisoners. The guards controlled prisoners lives such as when the prisoners could use areal bathroom, and took all the privilege from the prisoners. Participants readily conform roles they were expected to play, especially if the roles are strongly stereotyped as those of prison