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    The experiment‚ Stanford Prison was led by professor Philip Zimbardo. He and his team recruited 24 male students‚ who were randomly divided into two groups: prisoners and guards. The students were told they would be paid $15 a day and that the experiment would run for two weeks. In the video‚ Quiet Rage- The Stanford Prison Experiment‚ DeIndividuation played a well lit role through out the video. DeIndividuation is the process of making someone the same has everyone else rather than being themselves

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    committing acts of torture towards others‚ and possibly killing another human being‚ experiments and real historical events have proven that there is a gruesome side within human beings expressed when placed in a position of power or control. Those who are not in that position expect those who are to act with a moral conscience‚ but it is easier said than done. The Abu Ghraib scandal and Zimbardo’s Stanford Prison experiment demonstrate the powerful role that a situation can play in altering human behavior

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    Devin Crockrel Shannon Smith Eng 112 18 June 2013 Obedience to Authority: “The Stanford Prison Experiment” “The Stanford Prison Experiment” was a well-known and controversial study. It took place in 1973 and delved into the human psyche behind roles of authority‚ and obedience. The setting was a controlled prison environment at Stanford University. The experiment was meant to study the process in which “guards” and “prisoners” learn to become obedient‚ and an authoritarian. The subjects

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    "The Stanford Prison Experiment was a landmark psychological study of the human response to captivity‚ in particular‚ to the real world circumstances of prison life." What was a psychological study? More as‚ what was the Stanford Prison Experiment? As soon as those words popped up on my screen‚ the very next thing I did was Google it. The very first things that appeared was a deep explanation of exactly what it was; "an attempt to investigate the psychological effects of power between prisoners and

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    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

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    An Ethical Analysis of the Stanford Prison Experiment The Stanford Prison Experiment‚ although very fascinating and revealing of human nature‚ raises ethical questions regarding the methods used by Zimbardo and his research team. Although it is important from a research standpoint to be able to conduct experiments that will provide real‚ unmolested data‚ there must be a line that defines when research or an experiment becomes unethical‚ whether wholly or partially – research should not go on simply

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    1. Was it ethical to do the prison study in the way that Zimbardo conducted it? Why or why not? Explain your position substantively. I don’t believe that Zimbardo prison experiment was unethical. I do believe that it was morally wrong what he put the volunteers through and the extent he took his study. He himself admitted that he too got wrapped up in his role. Though as it was made clear in class there is a difference between moral and ethical. As defined by Webster’s dictionary ethical is conforming

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    Philip G. Zimbardo‚ under the right variation of circumstances one may be compelled to push the criminal even if he/she originally felt that the act was immoral (Asch 306-313) (Zimbardo 344-355). Taking a close look at these experiments and real world examples such as Abu Ghrab prison along with

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    Stanford Prison Experiment 1) What police procedures are used during arrests‚ and how do these procedures lead people to feel confused‚ fearful‚ and dehumanized? a. Policemen went around the neighborhood to arrest college students from their houses for robbery‚ burglary‚ and violation of penal codes. After they were searched‚ spread against the police car and handcuffed‚ they brought them to the police station. The guards had worn sunglasses so the suspects wouldn’t be able to look at their eyes

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    Connecting the Stanford Prison Experiment to the Lord of the Flies “But look out the evil is in all of us” stated William Golding in his novel Lord of the Flies. This quote means; watch out‚ because even the sweetest have evil on the inside. Golding’s novel and the Stanford Prison Experiment conducted by Philip Zimbardo‚ both show a very disturbing transformation of young men. Evil became trapped inside the young boys of Golding’s novel‚ and the young men in the Experiment. Once innocent‚ now

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