conformity to social roles

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Where was the mocj prison established in Haney et al (1973)
In the basement of the Stanford psychology department
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How were the PPs chosen for the study?
After a range of PPs were physically and psychologically screened 24 of the most stable were randomly alocated to either be a gaurd or a prisoner
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How were the prisoners treated?
they were unexpectedly arrested at their homes, given a prison uniform (white gown and a stocking cap) as well as an ID number which the guards reffered to them as
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How were the guards treated?
they were given uniforms, clubs, wistles and relective sunglasses to deindividuate them
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What rights did the prisoners get?
they were allowed to three meals per day, three supervised toilet trips per day and two visits per week
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How long was the study planned to last?
2 weeks
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Findings: how did the behviour of the guards change throughouth the study?
as the study went on, the guards became more tyranical and abusive towards the prisoners
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Findings: How did the guards behave towards the prisoners?
they woke the prisoners up at night for counting, they made them clean the toilet with their bare hands and carry out degrading sexual activities. some guards were so enthusiastic they volenteered to do more work without pay
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Findings: how did the behviour of the prisoners change throughouth the study?
they became more passive and accepting of their plight
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What evidence is there that both prisoners and guards forgot that they were merley participating in a psychological study?
The guards acted like guards even when off duty and when one prisoner wanted to be removed from the study he asked for parole instead of being withdrawn
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How many prisoners were released before the end of the study?
5 - because they exhibited extreme emotional reactions
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How did the study end?
after 6 days the intervention of Christina Maslach convinced Zimbardo to end the study, reminding Zimbardo and Heany that it was a psychological study and that did not permit abuse
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What is thereicher and Haslam (2006) study also known as?
the BBC study because it was broadcast on the BBC
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How did Reicher and Haslam (2006) study the effects of conformity to social roles?
15 male, adult PPs were divided into 5 groups of 3. 2 from the grop were asigned to be a prisoner and the other 1 assinged to the role of the guard in a mock prison
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what was the key finding of Reicher and Haslam's reaserch?
PPs did not conform automatically to their allocated social roles ulike SPE
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How did the prisoners behave in the Reicher and Haslam (2006) study?
They worked collectivly as a group to challenge authority and create more egalitarian relations within the prison
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How did the guards behave in the Reicher and Haslam (2006) study?
They failed to identify with their role which made them reluctent to impose authority on the prisoners
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What did the failure to conform to social roles in the Reicher and Haslam study result in?
A shift in power and the colapse of the prisoner/guard system
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E1: How did Reicher and Haslam (2012) challenge Zimbardo's assertion that the guards' drift towards authoritariansim was automatic?
They pointed out that there were a few good guards that did not degrade or moistreat the prisoners and even did little things to help them
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E1: what was the conclusion of Reicher and Haslam's 2012 critisism?
the guards chose how to act
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E2: what was the critisism of Zimbardo's SPE leveled by Banauziz and Movahedi (1975)i
That the guards were more compelled by the demand charecteristics of the study than the "realistic prison environment" to conform to their social role
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E2; How did Banuazizi and Movahedi (1975) support their claim about demand charecteristics?
They described the perameters of th experiment to students, who correctly guessed the aim of the study (to obseve whether the two groups would conform to their social roles)
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E3: Why was SPE considerd and ethical study before it was run?
It was passed by the Stanford University Ethics Comitee, was deemed not to decieve the PPs and a sucsessful pilot had been run
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E3: Why did Zimbardo acknowledge that the experiment should have been stopped sooner?
many of the PPs suffered emotional distress
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E3: what has been the fallout of the SPE in terms of ethics?
Zimbardo has carried out extensive debiefing years after, to limit any lasting emotional damage to any of the PPs. Reicher and Haslam (2006) made sure that their environment was more ethical
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E3: how did Reicher and Haslam make their experiment more ethical?
they created a situation that was harsh and testing but not harmful
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E4: What are the real world applications of the data gathered from SPE?
Zimbardo has used it to explain the abuses by prison guards at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq during the US invasion of 2003 and 2004
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E4: how does Zimbardo use SPE to explain AG?
Zimbardo beleived that the guards who commited the abuses were, themselves victims of situational factors, such as lack of training, bordem and lack of acountability
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E5: What conclusion did Zimbardo draw from his study of conformity to social roles?
the abuses of the guards were the automatic
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