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    mean things‚ or beating them. Some people can have power without more traits the other like in certain situations if a man is stuck in a prison cell or a man trapped in a well. “Within a very short time‚ both guards and prisoners were settling into their new roles‚ with their guards adopting theirs quickly and easily”‚ paragraph 10. The Stanford Prison Experiment by Saul Mcleod. When they were acquiring new roles‚ they became aggressive to one another and had experienced mood changes. Since the guards

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    English 101 22 April 2014 Review of Vivien Top Taste Authentic Jamaican cuisine is hard to kind outside of Jamaica‚ but over the years Vivien Top Taste restaurant in Philadelphia has made it a little easier. The freshly grown ingredients come together in a savoring fashion to give you a dining experience you will love. Vivien Top Taste is located on 73rd and Elmwood Ave in the West Philadelphia region but upon arrival you get a smell from the kitchen that brings your taste buds on a mini vacation

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    the stanford prison study What was the experiment trying to achieve? This experiment was designed to depict how various situations can affect the behaviour and mindset of an individual. Within an extremely short timeframe it was evident that the mindset of the “prisoners” in this experiment was entirely altered to the point where they truly felt as though they were in jail. This experiment also indirectly indicated how power corrupts‚ as the “guards” also experienced an altered mindset. What

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    situational factors is the Stanford Prison study by Zimbardo (1971)‚ where the effects of empowerment on a person’s behavior were explored. The study involved 24 participants‚ selected from a larger pool of 70 undergraduate white male volunteers due to their lack of any criminal background‚ psychological and medical issues. The 24 participants were randomly divided into two groups; prison guards and prisoners. In a simulated prison environment‚ in the basement of Stanford university‚ the guards essentially

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    In 1971‚ Philip George Zimbardo—psychologist and professor at Stanford University conducted prison experiment to test the effect of situations. In contrast with prediction as lengthy and boring‚ the experiment’s result shocked the world. The Stanford Prison Experiment (SPE) has indicated the significant power of roles‚ or situations‚ on human behaviors; thus‚ brings about many influences on society. According to Zimbardo in “ Obedience to Authority‚” he asked the students during the spring term

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    Unit 4: Stanford Prison Experiment David E. Robinson CJ 490-05‚ Research Methods in Criminal Justice Professor Jerry Lulejian November 13‚ 2010 Maxfield and Babbie in their book Basic of Research Methods for Criminal Justice and Criminology explain the purpose of the Stanford Prison Experiment was to test the situational hypothesis of the prison environment itself. Maxfield and Babbie state‚ “…the prison environment creates dehumanizing conditions independent of the kinds of people who

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    Zimbardo’s Stanford Prison experiment was to study the behavior of normal people under a particular situation. The students who took part in the experiment would play the role of either guard or a prisoner in a mock prison. Most of the students that played as the guards of the mock prison became very cruel as they abused their power and authority over the prisoners. The students that played as the prisoners were frightened and became submissive to the prison guards. The students playing as the prison guards

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    were assigned as prisoners and guards. There were seventy-five volunteers that were put through interviews and psychological tests and only twenty-one were picked who seem to be the most normal‚ average‚ and healthy (O’Toole‚ 1996). The Stanford Prison Experiment had two very important ethical questions. The participants were not fully informed of the research. Deceiving participant is unethical in Criminal Justice Research. A researcher cannot conduct a research and only tell participants half

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    infamous study: the Stanford Prison Experiment is another positive example of circumstantial determinants overriding personality. The Stanford Prison Experiment is an experiment designed to determine the effect of a medley of situational variables on the behavior of subjects roleplaying prisoners and guards in a simulated prison environment. In his subsequent novel‚ The Lucifer Effect‚ Zimbardo stated that originally‚ the experiment intended to discern “what people bring into a prison situation from what

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    put in a certain situation‚ they would always do the right thing no matter the circumstances. However‚ social experiments such as the Good Samaritan Experiment (Darley and Batson‚1973)‚ the Milgram Shock Experiment (1963)‚ and the Stanford Prison Experiment (Zimbardo‚1973) give psychologists results that say otherwise. The majority of the unknowing participants in these three experiments showed a surprising lack of compassion for a fellow human who (as far as the participant knew) was in pain or

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