In 1973‚ Zimbardo carried out an experiment to investigate how readily people would conform to new roles by observing how quickly people would adopt the roles of a guard or prisoner in a simulated prison. Zimbardo took healthy male volunteers and pain them $15 per day to take part in the two-week simulation study of prison life. Volunteers were randomly chosen to be either guards or prisoners. Local police helped “arrest” 9 prisoners at their homes without warning; they were then taken and blindfolded
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The brain is a complex muscle that is able to perform many functions at once. These functions not only help us maintain life by keeping us breathing‚ our muscles moving‚ and allowing us the ability to know pain‚ hunger‚ movement‚ etc.‚ but it also allows us to know such emotions as enjoyment‚ fear‚ happiness‚ etc. This is done through a special electrical system wired into our brains during development and run by neurotransmitters. The neurotransmitters are a series of neurons that react to the
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in the 1970s to study the effects of prison conformity on a sample group of college students. This study‚ known as the Stanford Prison Experiment‚ was scheduled to continue for two weeks‚ but it had to be cut short to six days due to the horrendous events that occurred during procedures. Although the majority of researchers currently agree that Zimbardo’s experiment was completely unethical‚ it can be said that the lessons learned from the study are extremely insightful as those lesson continue to
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Calorimetry Lab: Determining the Unknown Metal Purpose: To determine the identity of an unknown metal Hypothesis: The unknown metal is Copper Materials: * Safety glasses * Styrofoam cup * Thread or string * Glass rod * Thermometer * 100mL graduated cylinder * Hot plate * Balance * Unknown metal * 300mL beaker Procedure: i. Mass of metal was recorded ii. Water was heated on a hot plate in beaker iii. Temperature was recorded when water reached
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Psychology of Human Relations Stanford Prison Experiment Reaction Essay Jana Haight March 1‚ 2011 The Stanford Prison Experiment was to study of the psychological effects of becoming a prisoner or prison guard. The study was conducted by a team of researchers led by Psychology professor Philip Zimbardo at Stanford University in August 1971. Twenty-four students were selected after tests and background checks deemed them mentally healthy
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The Zimbardo prison experiment was a study of human responses to captivity‚ dehumanization and its effects on the behavior on authority figures and inmates in prison situations. Conducted in 1971 the experiment was led by Phlilip Zimbardo. Volunteer College students played the roles of both guards and prisoners living in a simulated prison setting in the basement of the Stanford psychology building. Philip Zimbardo and his team aimed to demonstrate the situational rather than the dispositional causes
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CHEMISTRY IA: Processing CALORIMETRY QUANTITATIVE DATA TAKEN (07.05.14 and 21.15.14) Initial Pringle Mass H20 Amount Final Pringle Mass Δ Pringle Mass Initial H2O Temp (± 0.5°C) Max H2O Temp (± 0.5°C) Δ H2O Temp (± 0.5°C) SAMPLE 1 10g 225mL 1.85g 10g-1.85g=8.85g 22.3°C 59.8°C 37.5°C SAMPLE 2 10g 225mL 0.95g 10g-0.95g=9.05g 21°C 61.1°C 40.1°C SAMPLE 3 10g 225mL 1.95g 10g-1.95g=8.05g 23°C 58°C 35°C SAMPLE 4 10g 225mL 1.85g 10g-1.85g=8.15g 50.5°C 83°C
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The Minneapolis Domestic Violence Experiment Domestic Violence has been an integrated part of many family units throughout history. Until the mid 1980 ’s‚ domestic violence was thought to be the families problem‚ a dirty little secret that needed to be dealt with inside the family circle. This mind set changed when a notable study was done in the Minneapolis Minnesota area in the 1980 ’s. This study not only impacted the actual area it was conducted in‚ but the way domestic violence offenders
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In order to describe the molar volume of pure water the equation V_3=M_3⁄ρ_(3 ) is used‚ whereas those of sodium nitrate and the polyether compound poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) are shown by V_1=V_(∅_1)^∞and V_1=V_(∅_2)^∞. In these two equations‚ V_(∅_1)^∞ and V_(∅_2)^∞ which are the apparent molar volumes at infinite dilution of sodium nitrate and poly(ethylene glycol)‚ must be computed on the basis of data on apparent molal volume (V_∅). The following equation shows the relation of the V_∅ of a
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