A03

• choice over behaviour

  a criticism of zimbardo's is that not all guards acted cruelly, some helped prisoners
• choice over behaviour


  this suggests that rather than conformity being automatic when placed in social role, people still have a choice over how they behave
• demand characteristics


  a limitation of the study is that it has been suggested that demand characteristics were an issue in this study
• demand characteristics


  banuazizi and movahedi said people were just acting the way they thought they should, they told people about stanford prison experiment and predicted guards would be mean and prisoners would be passive
• demand characteristics


  suggests that behaviour seen was not representative of behaviour in real life, and therefore the results lack validity in real world
• a criticism of study is that it was unethical

  zimbardo attempted to correct any harm caused, however it was too late for those already involved
• a criticism of study is that it was unethical


  attempts were made to correct any harm caused, however it was too late for those involved, ethical guidelines put in place since to ensure this doesn't happen again
• what was unethical in the study

  participants psychologically harmed and they didn't know what they were consenting to so couldn't give informed consent
• supporting zimbardo's conclusions are events in abu ghraib 2003-2004

  zimbardo believes that guards who committed this abuse were victims of situational factors that were present in his study and at abu ghraib
• supporting zimbardo's conclusions are events in abu ghraib 2003-2004

  this included lack of training and accountability to higher authority
• supporting zimbardo's conclusions are events in abu ghraib 2003-2004

  he concluded that these factors combined with an opportunity to misuse power associated with their role, led guards to abuse their prisoners in both situations