Psychology: Conformity: The Stanford Prison Experiment

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Who conducted The Stanford prison experiment?
Philip Zimbardo
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How many participants were there?
24
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How did Savin criticise Zimbardo's experiment?
He claimed that results did not outweigh the distress caused to the prisoners.
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What year did The Stanford prison experiment take place?
1971
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Why did some people claim that the experiment wasn't valid or that it wasn't a 'real experiment'?
There was no control group or independent variables, so there was nothing to compare their research to.
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What was the aim of the experiment?
To see if people would conform to given roles and see if police brutality was due to people's own personality traits or if they were acting out a role that came with lots of stereotypes.
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How did the participants consent to take part?
They all signed legal contracts stating that they were happy to take part in the experiment.
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What did the guards wear and why?
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.
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What did the prisoners wear and why?
Identical smocks with numbers on the front, to remove their sense of individuality and identity.
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Who replicated The Stanford prison experiment?
Haslam and Reicher
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How did the participants act in the replication of The Stanford prison experiment?
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.
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How did Zimbardo criticise Haslam and Reicher's replication of his experiment?
He said that the participants were a lot tougher and more street-wise and because they knew they were being filmed and listened to, their behaviour was different, which affected the results.
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How did Zimbardo respond to Savin's criticism?
He said that the participants were all debriefed and he made sure that it wouldn't go on to affect their personal lives.
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Where did The Stanford prison experiment take place?
In the basement of the university that was converted into a mock prison.
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How did the prisoners rebel?
The refused to eat, tore the numbers off their uniforms and barricaded themselves into their cells.
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How did the guards treat the prisoners?
They abused them though humiliation, force-feeding, sleep deprivation, physical assault and locking them away in a dark cupboard.
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In order to take part in the experiment what was a requirement of the applicants?
They had to be mentally stable with no antisocial tendencies.
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What happened when the prisoners asked to leave?
They were taken to the prison warden and made to believe that they couldn't.
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How long did the experiment go on for?
6 days out of the proposed 2 weeks
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