How did the police procedures used during arrests lead people to feel confused, fearful, and dehumanized?
The police arrived to arrest the ‘suspects’ a bit as a surprise and they made the arrests as if it were real and not part of an experiment
. Immediately the volunteers were cast into their new roles.
How did the prisoners and guards conform to their roles?
4. During the experiment, how did the prisoners and guards conform to their roles? … Accordingly,
the guards began to exert total power in the simulated environment and the prisoners were subjugated to their control.
What police procedures were used during arrests and bookings and how did these procedures lead the prisoners to feel confused fearful and dehumanized?
The police procedures that are used that lead people to be confused, fearful, and dehumanized are
making the prisoners strip, licing them, and making them wear uniforms, taking away the prisoners names, and putting them into isolation
. The police would also make them do physical activities if they misbehaved.
How were the prisoners for Zimbardo’s study collected?
They were
fingerprinted, photographed and ‘booked
. ‘ Then they were blindfolded and driven to the psychology department of Stanford University, where Zimbardo had had the basement set out as a prison, with barred doors and windows, bare walls and small cells.
What prevented the good guards from objecting or countermanding the orders from the tough or bad guards?
What prevented “good guards” from objecting or countermanding the orders from tough or bad guards?
The good guards were unable to object or countermand the bad guards because of the fear of what it would do to the guards’ authoritative role in the eyes of the prisoners
.
Who was Prisoner 8612?
One of the prisoners (#8612),
Douglas Korpi
, a 22-year-old Berkeley graduate, began to exhibit uncontrollable crying and rage 36 hours into the experiment, described by Zimbardo as “acute emotional disturbance”.
What did he tell the guards they couldn’t do to the prisoners?
He told the other prisoners
that ‘you can’t leave. you can’t quit
‘, which made the other prisoners feel like they were actual prisoners and couldn’t escape. #8612 then began to act ‘crazy’, and was then released from the experiment.
What was Zimbardo’s method?
Zimbardo (1973) conducted an
extremely controversial study on conformity to social roles
, called the ‘Stanford Prison Experiment’. His aim was to examine whether people would conform to the social roles of a prison guard or prisoner, when placed in a mock prison environment.
What is a major problem with the original Milgram study?
What is a major problem with the original Milgram study?
Milgram lied to his respondents, making his study borderline unethical
. What is the major flaw in the Asch conformity study? Asch ignored the importance of several factors influencing conformity- race, class, and gender.
What did the Milgram experiment demonstrate?
The Milgram experiment suggested that
human beings are susceptible to obeying authority
, but it also demonstrated that obedience is not inevitable.
What type of experiment was Zimbardo?
Zimbardo (1973) conducted an extremely controversial study on conformity to social roles, called
the Stanford Prison Experiment
. His aim was to examine whether people would conform to the social roles of a prison guard or prisoner, when placed in a mock prison environment.
Was it ethical to do this study was it right to trade the suffering experienced by participants for the knowledge gained by the research?
Was it right to trade the suffering experienced by participants for the knowledge gained by the research? (The experimenters did not take this issue lightly, although the Slide Show may sound somewhat matter-of-fact about the events and experiences that occurred).
It was not ethical to do the study
.
How quickly did the guards begin to abuse the prisoners?
Day 3: guards strike back
The three spent time in the “good” cell where they received clothing, beds, and food denied to the rest of the jail population. After an
estimated 12 hours
, the three returned to their old cells that lacked beds. Guards abused their power to humiliate the inmates.
How did they make sure that prisoners felt like prisoners before they even entered their cells?
How did they make sure that the prisoners felt like prisoners before they even entered their cells?
Brought to prison basement blindfolded to confuse them, then they were stripped and deloused
. … They did this by stripping and making fun of the prisoners.
Why did Zimbardo put the prisoners in dresses?
Why did Zimbardo put the prisoners in dresses?
He wanted to strip them of their individuality. Uniform and feminize them
.
What ethic was violated by Milgram?
The ethical issues involved with the Milgram experiment are as follows:
deception, protection of participants involved, and the right to withdrawal
. The experiment was deemed unethical, because the participants were led to believe that they were administering shocks to real people.
