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    Andrew McClarren 12/1/12 Stanford Prison Study Paper The Stanford Prison Study was a very eye opening experiment because it was performed in 1971‚ before modern American Psychological Association guidelines were implemented. As young adults we’ve never seen anything like this experiment before. The power of this situation was exceptionally strong‚ especially to us. In the study‚ how easily normal students could be transformed into either a satanic guard or a submissive prisoner was astonishing

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    and behavior to find out why good people do bad things.  Two strong examples of situations concerning behavior based on context are the Standford Prison Experiment conducted by Phillip Zimbardo and the work of Steven Stefanowicz as a contract interrogator in Abu Ghraib prison.             In 1971‚ Phillip Zimbardo conducted an experiment on prison behavior. This experiment consisted of ordinary college boys who were all emotionally and physically stable. The set up was very realistic allowing the

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    Role Playing and its Toll In “The Stanford Prison Experiment‚” psychologist Philip G. Zimbardo describes his study of how placing average‚ male‚ college students in a prison like environment proved that their roles dehumanized them as individuals by radically changing their perceptions and behaviors. Before the experiment‚ the subjects were “emotionally stable‚ physically healthy‚ mature‚ law-abiding citizens” (734). With the flip of a coin ten men were chosen to be prisoners and eleven men

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    Abstract Zimbardo’s Stanford Prison Experiment (SPE)‚ investigating the effects of roles in a simulated prison environment‚ significantly impacted the psychological understanding of role conformity. However‚ recent evidence suggests results from this seminal experiment are less reflecting of role conformity‚ with findings alternatively attributed to demand characteristics. This critique is constructed as further examination of SPE revealed participants were able to predetermine the experimental hypothesis

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    experiment was a study of the psychological effects of becoming a prisoner or prison guard. The experiment was conducted at Stanford University from August 14 to August 20 of 1971 by a team of researchers led by psychology professor Philip Zimbardo. Philip Zimbardo is commonly known as the father of social psychology. He is also the author of the Lucifer Effect. A flyer was posted the common area of the Stanford University. It read as follows The original purpose of the experiment was to observe

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    In 1971‚ Philip Zimbardo conducted a study funded by the U.S. Office of Naval Research that aimed at getting a better understanding of the psychology of aggression‚ labels‚ and power dynamics. 22 mentally and physically healthy participants were recruited through a newspaper ad and randomly assigned the role of “prison guard” or “prisoner.” A portion of the basement of the Stanford University psychology building was converted into a makeshift “prison”. The “prisoners” were informed that most of

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    The Stanford Prison Experiment What happens when good equal people are put in evil situations? In the article “The Stanford Prison Experiment” by Philip Zimbardo‚ participants in the experiment demonstrate characteristics that signify the Lucifer theory. The Lucifer theory is based from biblical prophecies Isaiah 14:12‚ that describes the most beautiful angel known as Lucifer. Lucifer was described as Gods favorite angel which whom he greatly loved. The bible then goes into detail on how Lucifer

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    Explain the impact of the Stanford prison experiment on psychology and behaviour. The Stanford prison experiment ‚led by professor Philip Zimbardo‚ was aimed at seeing the effect on people on becoming prisoners or prison guards. The idea was to see what happens to people when they are put in relatively ‘evil’ places. Do the people themselves become evil or is there no net effect? The results indicated that in fact people adapt to their role exceptionally well. It was observed that the prison guards

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    Darley writes‚ “Individual-level psychology is largely irrelevant to the occurrence of a much more common source of evil actions – produced by what I call ‘organizational pathology” (p. 406) a) Discuss one individual-level approach to understanding “evil” actions and explain the shortcomings of this individual-level approach a. Individual-level i. Personality traits 1. authoritarian personality or SDO a. auth – willingly

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    conducted by Professor Phillip Zimbardo at Stanford University in 1971. Zimbardo wanted to find out if a situation can control the person or can an individual’s beliefs‚ attitude and values would allow one to rise above their current situation. He wanted to look more in-depth in the behavioral and sociological consequences in the roles of the guard and prisoner. Also‚ he wanted to find out why and how social situations can overwhelm people. In order to find study subjects‚ Zimbardo advertised in the paper

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