The Stamford Prison Study
- Created by: Ashleigh Hockenhull
- Created on: 08-10-15 13:20
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- Stanford Prison Study
- Aim
- to see whether people will conform to new social roles
- method
- p's all male psychology students at stanford uni
- volunteered to take part in the study
- were tested for their psychological 'stability'
- were randomly allocated to 2 groups of prisoners & prison guards
- prisoners were to spend two weeks locked in 'cells' in a wing of the uni
- results
- experiment called off after 6 days
- guards had become brutal to prisoners - 2 prisoners had nervous breakdown
- the prisoners didn't stand up to the guards and did as they were told
- experiment called off after 6 days
- conclusion
- p's reactions so extreme could b that they conformed to social roles
- in the study students were given new roles - prisoner or guard- & conformed to the behaviour of these new roles
- deindividation may also explain the behaviour of the participants
- state where u become so immersed in the norms of the group u lose ur sense of identity & personal responsibility
- p's reactions so extreme could b that they conformed to social roles
- Aim
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