Stanford Prison Experiment Case Study
1. Do you think that kids from an urban working-class environment would have broken down emotionally in the same way as did the middle-class prisoners? Why? What do you suppose the outcome would have been if women were used a prisoners and guards instead of men? Explain.
Personally, I do not think that urban kids would behave in the same manner as the middle-class kids in the experiment. I believe the urban kids would handle the stress of these situations with less stress than that of their counter parts. The reason I state this due to exposures and existing environment. Urban kids deal with a greater amount of hardships and constant opposition in life compared to other classes if kids. Urban kids also create a thicker emotional skin within …show more content…
While the Stanford Prison experiment is considered unethical, what usefulness has come from the experimental outcomes? Was it right to trade the suffering experienced by participants for the knowledge gained by the research? Explain how the experiment and consequently the suffering has added to current research in the field of social psychology.
While the Stanford Prison experiment is considered unethical, what usefulness has come from the experimental outcomes?
What was learned from this study is how much a specific environment can affect an individual’s behavior. Even when a person has a steadfast moral behavior, an environment can trump a person’s individualistic view and force assimilation and conformity. “Propensity for dehumanization” (Bornus, D, 2016, p. 50). This also brought to lite just how much relationships related to one another on the difference of power influence. Implications can be assumed that we harbor a dark side and under the right conditions we can act on impulses skewing or deviating from our moral …show more content…
Knowing what this research says about the power of prison situations to have a corrosive effect on human nature, what recommendations would you make about changing the correctional system in your country?
First, I would lessen sentences for first time drug offenders and increase programs for rehabilitation in lieu of incarceration. Per the Federal Bureau of Prisons over 46 percent of the prison population are because of drug offences; I feel this area should constitute a re-applying of resources to the prison system for a rehabilitation versus incarceration programs.
The rehabilitation programs would be more involved unlike that of a voluntary rehabilitation program. These programs should be strictly monitored, enforced and tracked. More-so a shift from criminal element to that of a mental health and physical addiction restructuring, but, in a strictly controlled environment. An increase of follow-up resources would need to be included to further ensure easier transitions while rejoining society and the workforce further ensuring continue sobriety as well. “There is increasing recognition that many offenders struggle with mental illness” (Bornus, D, 2016, p. 50). Specialized training, simple policy and procedures plus monitored effectiveness as a combination would provide a good starting
Personally, I do not think that urban kids would behave in the same manner as the middle-class kids in the experiment. I believe the urban kids would handle the stress of these situations with less stress than that of their counter parts. The reason I state this due to exposures and existing environment. Urban kids deal with a greater amount of hardships and constant opposition in life compared to other classes if kids. Urban kids also create a thicker emotional skin within …show more content…
While the Stanford Prison experiment is considered unethical, what usefulness has come from the experimental outcomes? Was it right to trade the suffering experienced by participants for the knowledge gained by the research? Explain how the experiment and consequently the suffering has added to current research in the field of social psychology.
While the Stanford Prison experiment is considered unethical, what usefulness has come from the experimental outcomes?
What was learned from this study is how much a specific environment can affect an individual’s behavior. Even when a person has a steadfast moral behavior, an environment can trump a person’s individualistic view and force assimilation and conformity. “Propensity for dehumanization” (Bornus, D, 2016, p. 50). This also brought to lite just how much relationships related to one another on the difference of power influence. Implications can be assumed that we harbor a dark side and under the right conditions we can act on impulses skewing or deviating from our moral …show more content…
Knowing what this research says about the power of prison situations to have a corrosive effect on human nature, what recommendations would you make about changing the correctional system in your country?
First, I would lessen sentences for first time drug offenders and increase programs for rehabilitation in lieu of incarceration. Per the Federal Bureau of Prisons over 46 percent of the prison population are because of drug offences; I feel this area should constitute a re-applying of resources to the prison system for a rehabilitation versus incarceration programs.
The rehabilitation programs would be more involved unlike that of a voluntary rehabilitation program. These programs should be strictly monitored, enforced and tracked. More-so a shift from criminal element to that of a mental health and physical addiction restructuring, but, in a strictly controlled environment. An increase of follow-up resources would need to be included to further ensure easier transitions while rejoining society and the workforce further ensuring continue sobriety as well. “There is increasing recognition that many offenders struggle with mental illness” (Bornus, D, 2016, p. 50). Specialized training, simple policy and procedures plus monitored effectiveness as a combination would provide a good starting