Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Stanford Prison Experiment

Click on the link below:

Click on view slide show. Read through each slide carefully and take notes on the specifics of the experiment (design, subjects, treatments, behaviors, steps taken by researchers)

After you have completed the slideshow use your notes to do the following:
In 1 1/2 - 2 pages, answer the following questions:

1. Read the section in the chapter (2) that deals with ethics (pages 40-41). Analyze Zimbardo's research design from the perspective of an outside observer who is responsible for raising ethical questions about the experiment. (1/2 page)

2. At what point did the experiment "go too far"? (1/2 page)

3. In the final analysis, what does the study reveal about our justice system and the structure of our nations prisons? How might this study be applied to improve the relationship between guard and prisoner? (1/2 page)

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