6. How did the participants act in the replication of The Stanford prison experiment?

The participants all started to turn on each other and eventually the experiment was ended because they were worried about the mental health of the participants.
They reacted almost identically to those in the original experiment, confirming all the theories about conforming and role playing.
The guards found it difficult to exercise power and authority over the prisoners and the prisoners united to form one social identity to rebel against the guards.
The participants did not act out the roles given to them because they had heard of Zimbardo's experiment in the 70's and knew what it was about and didn't want to act the same way.

7. In order to take part in the experiment what was a requirement of the applicants?

They had to be a student who was already studying psychology.
They had to be have good grades and no history of medical health problems.
They had to be mentally stable with no antisocial tendencies.
They had to be earning over a certain amount and have no history of violent behaviour.

The guards were fearful of the prisoners rebelling so they treated them nicely so that they wouldn't act out.
They abused them though humiliation, force-feeding, sleep deprivation, physical assault and locking them away in a dark cupboard.
The guards treated the prisoners exactly how they were instructed to at the start of the experiment. They were just told to keep them under control.
They bullied them by calling them names, starving them and refusing to let them out of their cells for visits.

Identical police uniforms with a set of keys, a baton and a pair of mirrored sunglasses so the prisoners couldn't make eye contact with them.
Identical police uniforms with a baton, handcuffs and a bodycam so that researchers could watch what was going on.
Identical police uniforms with handcuffs, keys, and a baton to beat the prisoners with when they rebelled.
Their own plain clothes to remind the prisoners that it was still just an experiment.

They gave vocal consent on the first day they arrived to to take part.
They all signed legal contracts stating that they were happy to take part in the experiment.
They didn't consent. They experiment was carried out on people who really thought they'd been arrested.
They didn't consent because there was no need to have written consent for this type of experiment, as it took place at the university so they were protected by the staff if anything were to go wrong.

He agreed and made a public apology, admitting that the experiment was unethical and cruel.
He said that the participants were all debriefed and he made sure that it wouldn't go on to affect their personal lives.
He said that sometimes it's necessary to make difficult decisions in order to conduct the best possible research.
He claimed that there was no psychological distress caused to the participants because the experiment was under constant surveillance to make sure of it.

There was no control group or independent variables, so there was nothing to compare their research to.
Zimbardo became a part of the experiment himself instead of being a neutral observer, which could have affected the results.
It was carried out in a mock prison in a basement, instead of a real prison.
The participants might have acted differently if they'd have known they were being watched.

Identical smocks with numbers on the front, to remove their sense of individuality and identity.
Plain potato sacks with no names or numbers on the front so that the prisoners all felt equal.
Prison uniforms with no shoes and their names clearly on the front so they could be identified.
Their own plain clothes so as not to confuse the other participants or cause them any distress.

The refused to eat, tore the numbers off their uniforms and barricaded themselves into their cells.
They refused to speak, eat or make their beds.
They all grouped together and attacked the guards in an attempt to get out of the prison.
They refused to follow orders, make their beds or put out their cigarettes.