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Zimardos Prison Study
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lacks
internal
validity
-Ps behaviour result of
demand characteristics
-one
cruel guard
said he based his role on character from
film
he recently watched
-acting in way
Zimbardo
wanted them to
-however many
prisoners
showed genuine signs of
psychological disturbance
androcentric
-can't
generalise
to
females
ethnocentric
-Americans
only
-can't
generalise
to
collectivist
cultures
ethical
issues
-Ps not protected from
stress
/
harm
-prisoners gained
rashes
,
anxiety
,
depression
-needed
counselling
after
-unexpectedly
arrested
infront of all their
neighbours
-stripped
without consent
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