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    Bibi A Al-Behbehani | 9/29/2011 American University of Kuwait | The Vampire Diaries | Contents The Vampire Diaries 0 Starring 0 All About the Vampire Diaries 0 Series overview 0 Cast 0 Production 0 Broadcast 0 Ratings 0 Awards and nominations 0 Home release 0 The Vampire Diaries From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia The Vampire Diaries | | Genre | Teen Drama‚ Supernatural Drama‚ Horror | Developed by | Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec | Written by | L

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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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    bob February 5‚ 2013 Research Methods Stanford Prison Experiment 1. Prisoners were put under a great deal of stress. The prisoners were physiologically and physically harmed. Prisoners were stripped naked‚ chained‚ and was forced to wear bags over their heads. 2. Yes there was voluntary participation in the experiment‚ because all of the participants signed up for the experiment. But the acts committed in the experiment most likely weren’t voluntary‚ meaning that the prisoners did

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    The behavior of the “prison staff” (informing the prisoners of their “serious offenses” and showering them to remove their germs and lice) could certainly without a doubt cause the detainees to feel embarrassed and confused. Not only would this be degrading for them‚ it would also serve as a catalyst for psychological change. It would be at this time that the new inmates begin to really feel as though they have done something to deserve this kind of treatment. The prison attire the inmates had

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    What can we learn from the Stanford Prison Experiment? There is no doubt that the study conducted by Dr Philip Zimbardo in 1971 at Stanford University was extremely valuable to not only the Psychology profession‚ but also to all social science fields. He tested and selected participates to recreate a prison environment separating one group into two‚ guards and prisoners‚ and the results were truly ground breaking. A lot of significant information was gathered and the results help us understand

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    Christopher Campbell 10/02/2012 Psych 320 Was the Stanford Prison Study Ethical? The test aimed to show that the inherent personality traits of prisoners and guards are the chief cause of abusive behavior in prison. Zimbardo and his selected team with funding from the US Office of Naval Research selected twenty-four predominately “healthy” white middle class males for the experiment. The subjects were selected through extensive background and psychological tests excluding those with criminal

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    Zimbardo conducted a study‚ known as the Stanford Prison Study‚ which confirmed his theoretical development of deindividuation. Zimbardo postulates that the individual in a group is less likely to follow normal rules of behavior‚ partly because they become anonymous and the sense of responsibility fades. In addition‚ the individual’s self-awareness is relaxed. Some examples from the prison study that we can see is that the anonymity is accentuated in situations in which the members of the group wear

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    in real life situation too. To test out if human being would lose their moral and social values when they lost their individuality‚ Philip Zimbardo conducted an experiment in 1971 to see how readily people would conform to the roles of guard and prisoner in a role-playing exercise that simulated prison life (Zimbardo - Stanford Prison Experiment‚ 2008). This experiment was called The Stanford Prison Experiment and it was conducted at Stanford University. While the real life situation that was being

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    Questions about the Stanford Prison Experiment July 15‚ 2008 The Stanford Prison Experiment (SPE) by Phil Zimbardo has been for me an example of the astonishing things that we humans are capable of. I guess as an example of human gullibility‚ I had not been skeptical about the experiment‚ which lacks quite a few scientific markers (aside from its ethical problems). During a talk by Barbara Oakley‚ she was asked to comment about the SPE because it showed the influence the situation and roles could have

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    Standard Prison Experiment This experiment shows how individual personalities could be engulf when they were given power and authority. Also‚ the individual were acting in a way that they thought was required‚ rather than using their own judgement. The experiment showed how subjects reacted to the specific needs of the situations‚ rather than considering their moral beliefs and thoughts. Based on my opinion one of the sign about how serious the subjects playing their role to continue this

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