Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
The Stanford Prison Experiment by Philip Zimbardo 1971, Experiment Method…
-
-
Results
This study was terminated early and wasn't an accurate, replicable experiment. It didn't hold concrete independent and dependent variables, a control group, or anything that can be analyzed
The assigned prison guards were totalitarian and violent towards the prisoners, men who were very alike and who did not know each other.
Few prisoners left the experiment, with the majority forgetting that they have that ability. They forgot about the limited time of the experiment.
This is a terrible experiment, both morally and scientifically, showcasing the violence that humans are willing to perform, while failing to perform any real science.
Subject
75 volunteering men
24 selected individuals based on psychological stability and health, against criminal backgrounds, psychological impairments or medical problems.
Predominantly white, middle-class
-
Aim/Hypothesis
-
An institution's identity or state is defined by the traits and characteristics of its population. It is the conditions rather than the person that influence individual actions
An experiment about the behaviors of individuals placed into an artificial prison for a limited period of time
-
The simulated prison held three 6 by 9 foot prison cells, each housing 3 prisoners and 3 cots.
-
Selected the most physically and mentally stable, most mature, and least involved in antisocial behaviors to participate.
-
Prisoners were arrested at their homes without warning, taken to the local police station, fingerprinted, photographed, blindfolded and driven to Stanford University
All personal possessions were removed and locked away. Prisoners were given clothes, bedding, and were referred to by number.
Guards were instructed to do whatever they thought was necessary to maintain law, order, and respect. No physical violence was permitted
Zimbardo terminated the experiment in response to Christina Maslach, Ph.D.