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Zimbardo's research - Coggle Diagram
Zimbardo's research
Research
Conformity in social roles
Stanford university basement into prison
75 males come forward - 21 males used based on mental stability
$15 a day
Randomly assigned to roles
Officers - uniform and sunglasses - take away humanity
Prisoners - numbers and clothes
Arrested and blindfolded in their homes
Lasted only 6 of the 14 day schedule
Day two - rebellion
Too many couldn't handle abuse and left - racial, homophobic
Conclude people do conform to social roles
Evaluation
Limited application ( LA ) and Individual differences ( ID )
All men, college, white middle class ( LA )
Cannot generalise with population ( LA )
Personality can affect conformity ( ID )
Lacks validity because we cannot assume ( ID )
Overemphasised results ( OR ) and Unreliable ( U )
Fromm found... ( OR )
1/3 were brutal to suggest individual differences like personality plays a part ( OR )
Reicher and Haslam found... ( U )
Redone study and prisoners rebelled, failing to conform ( U )
Some control and ecological validity and lacked Ecological validity
Realistic prison and arrest
Assigned to random roles
Wasn't totally realsitic
Knew they were in a experiment
Unpleasant and violent experience ( ethics )