Breanna Brantigan Stanford Prison Study In 1971‚ a group of psychologists created a remarkable experiment using a mock prison as the setting‚ with college students role-playing prisoners and guards to test the power of the social situation to determine behavior. The research‚ referred to as the Stanford Prison Experiment‚ is a classic display of situational power and how it influences someone’s morals and behavior. The experiment was supposed to last two weeks‚ however‚ the unexpected transformation
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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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In 1971‚ psychologist Philip Zimbardo set up a simulated prison experiment in order to show that people tend to slip into their predefined roles regardless of their own judgements and morals. Zimbardo was interested in the power of given social situation and social roles. To conduct the experiment‚ Zimbardo and his colleagues Hainey and Banks set up a fake prison facility in the basement of Stanford University. There was a small opening at the end of the hall and intercom system was placed for Zimbardo
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The Stanford Prison Experiment Over the years there have been some controversial psychology experiments. Experiments are a way to find an answer to life’s unanswered questions and to make a difference in this world. Not every experiment ended in a wonderful way; instead it is the complete opposite. One of the most controversial experiments is the Stanford Prison Experiment. This experiment lead to a disturbing results leaving the subjects in trauma. Psychologists must stop experiments that can harm
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Zimbardo’s Stanford Prison Experiment Aim: To test whether a person is predisposed to certain behaviour or whether the situation can affect their actions. Method: Zimbardo adapted the basement of Stanford University into a fake‚ but realistic prison‚ to replicate the psychological experience of imprisonment and deindividuation. Recruiting 25 emotionally stable‚ healthy‚ volunteers who were randomly assigned the role of prisoner or guard‚ expected to then act out their roles in a prison setting
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kids from an urban working-class environment would have broken down emotionally in the same way as did the middle-class prisoners? Why? What do you suppose the outcome would have been if women were used a prisoners and guards instead of men? Explain. Personally‚ I do not think that urban kids would behave in 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
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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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Bakina talked about Social Psychology and what revolves around the field. She spoke about not only what Social Psychology is about it‚ but variables circle around it and demonstrates the research that made the field much more popular than it already was. The Stanford Prison Experiment from Zimbardo depicted students being randomly assigned to a Prisoner or guard and playing that role for the two week experiment. The conclusion of this was the experiment ended in 6 days due to the intense activity
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If you were placed in the same situation as the participants in the Stanford Prison Experiment‚ how do you think you would react? If I was placed in this experiment‚ I think‚ would react differently whether I was a guard or a prisoner. If I was a guard I think conform more to the group influence because of the effect of having the power over someone else. I think that it would be easy to get caught up in having all the power in this experiment. However I think my attitude would be different If
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Ethical Treatment Ethical Treatment Evelyn R. Cotton General Sociology Blue Ridge Community & Technical College Abstract Ethics might vary in different communities or cultures but the bases though is that morally human have some
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