Psychology 270 - 03 Homework Assignment 1 Prison Experiment (100 Pts) Go to the following site:http://www.prisonexp.org/. Click on Begin SlideShow at the bottom of the page. Read through the article and watch the video in entirety. Respond to all questions below. 1. If you were a guard in this scenario‚ what type of guard would you have become? Why? 2. What prevented "good guards" from objecting to or countermanding the orders from “tough” or “bad guards”?
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thousands of unconsented medical experiments on concentration camp prisoners. The experiments could be split up into three categories. Experiments aimed at facilitating the survival of military personnel‚ developing and testing pharmaceuticals and treatment methods for injuries and illnesses which German military encountered‚ and the final category was to advance the racial and ideological tenets of the Nazi worldview. The article describes a type of experiment that was part of the first section
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in my experiment‚ the plant that was given coffee had grown in about 30 days. However‚ the lima bean plant that was given water has yet to sprout. So‚ why would the average
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Word count - 1095 In this century‚ the mass media have come to rival with parents‚ school‚ and religion as the most influential institution in individual ’s lives. There has always been contemplation on whether media is the spark that ignites violence in individuals. Depictions of violence often glamorize vicious behavior. They offend the society and feel less able to respond to others in a sensitive‚ caring way. This essay will analyze the effects of violent media on the minds of individuals. While
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THE SUBJECT MATTER OF EXPERIMENTS A well-designed experiment tells us that changes in the explanatory variable cause changes in the response variable. More exactly‚ it tells us that this happened for specific subjects in the specific environment of this specific experiment. No doubt we had grander things in mind. We want to proclaim that our new method of teaching math does better for high school students in general or that our new drug beats a placebo for some broad class of patients. Can we
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research experiment to study how people conformed to the roles they are given. The experiment was set up in the basement of Stanford Psychology building. Zimbardo’s goal was‚ “... to understand more about the process by which people called “prisoners” lose their liberty‚ civil rights‚ independence‚ and privacy‚ while those called “guards” gain social power by accepting the responsibility for controlling and managing the lives of their dependent charges” (Zimbardo par. 11). Although the experiment was
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large unwanted crowds and riots. (Jardin‚ 2005) Our experiment is intended to use this information to see if we can impact the reproduction process of the bean beetle. We hypothesize that sound waves will have a negative impact on the amount of eggs produced by a group of bean beetles. Materials and Methods Black eyed peas
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Spirit Burner Experiment Aim: To perform an experiment in the labs to determine the heats of combustion of selected alcohols and then to use this information and the gathered data from chemical data sources to determine trends in the longer chain alcohols. The Variables that MUST be controlled throughout the experiment are: • The height from spirit burner nozzle to the base of the water filled beaker • Air drafts around the room must be kept to minimum so as to keep the heat on the base of the
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An Experiment on Soil Analysis Jacob Pitcher and Derrick Gillespie Chemistry Lab 112 Section 02 4/02/2013 Abstract A sample of soil was tested for possible contaminants and other information using a variety of techniques including moisture analysis‚ pH measurement‚ acid-base titration‚ chloride-ion electrode analysis‚ and flame testing. The sample had a greater concentration of chloride ions‚ no measurable CaCo3 ‚ and lower than standard moisture content. It was contaminated with KCl and
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involved when two incompressible substances are mixed together. 12 experiments were performed‚ 10 involving the combination of a measured amount of hot and cold water and 2 involving the combination of ice and liquid water‚ the majority of these experiments were performed three times. The average variance in final temperature for each experiment was less than 10 percent providing proof of repeatability. Equipment used during the experiment included a gram scale‚ thermocouple‚ Styrofoam cup‚ glass beakers
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