conformity to social roles: zimbardos

• What is Conformity


  Adherence to group norms or expectations
• What is Sadistic in stanford prison


  Deriving pleasure from inflicting pain on others
• Deindividisation in stanford prison

  Loss of self-awareness and individuality in a group setting, prisoner names never used, within two days they begun to rebel, freq. headcount during the night.
• Psychological Disturbance in stanford prison

  Mental or emotional disorder affecting behavior
• Hunger Strike at stanford prison


  Deliberate refusal to eat as a form of protest
• What is Internal Validity

  Extent to which a study accurately reflects the causal relationship, not influenced by other factors or variables
• What is realism- Stanford prison


  Degree to which a study mirrors real-life situations
• What does stereotypical mean- stanford prison

  Conforming to a fixed image or idea
• What is a dispositional Influence in Stanford prison

  Individual personality traits affecting behavior
• What is research Support

  Evidence backing up the findings of a study
• What was an ethical Issue with stanford prison

  Moral dilemma or concern regarding participants' well-being
• ZIMBARDOS CONFORMITY TO SOCIAL ROLES EXPERIMENT:

  - mock prison to test if the brutality of prison guards led to sadistic personalities or if it was created by the situation

  - recruited emotionally stable students and ex prisoners

  - routines were heavily regulated

  1) guards enthusiasm threatened the prisoners psychological health

  2) study stopped at 6 days rather than 14

  3) revealed power of a situation that influences behaviour

  4) more guards = more brutal/aggressive behaviour