zimbardos research

• what was zimbardos question he wanted answered?

  do prison guards behave brutally because they have sadistic personalities or is it the situation that creates such behaviour?
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• What did the guards do to highlight social roles?

  Created opportunities to enhance rules
• How did the guards' behavior affect prisoners' health?

  It threatened their psychological and physical health
• What happened to the prisoners after the rebellion?

  They became anxious
• How many prisoners were released early due to psychological disturbance?

  Three prisoners
• What did one prisoner do to protest?

  Went on a hunger strike
• What punishment did guards impose on the hunger-striking prisoner?

  Put him in the hole
• How long was the study originally planned to last?

  Fourteen days
• What did the simulation reveal about people's behavior?

  The power of the situation influences behavior
• How did the guards' identification with their roles affect their behavior?

  It made them more brutal and aggressive
• What hypothesis did Zimbardo reject based on his findings?

  The dispositional hypothesis
• What is the term used to describe the phenomenon observed in Zimbardo's study?

  The Lucifer Effect
• What are the strengths of Zimbardo's research?

  • Control over variables
  • Emotionally stable individuals chosen
  • Random assignment to roles
  • Findings attributed to situational pressure
  • High internal validity
• What are the weaknesses of Zimbardo's research?

  • Demand characteristics present
  • Some guards understood the experiment's aim
  • Participants may have been play acting
  • Dispositional influences criticized by Fromm
  • Ethical issues: deception, harm, right to withdraw
• What did Fromm accuse Zimbardo of regarding the guards' behavior?

  Exaggerating the power of the situation
• What percentage of conversations among participants were about real life?

  Ninety percent
• What was Zimbardo's concern when participants wanted to leave?

  Running the prison
• What study is mentioned as lacking support for Zimbardo's findings?

  The BBC prison study