zimbardo

• Zimbardo's study


  • 24 American male undergraduate students
  • Pps randomly assigned to roles of guard or prisoner in a simulated prison
  • Behaviour of participants observed
• Limitations of the Stanford Prison Experiment

  • Major ethical issues - PT playing the role of prisoners were not protected from psychological harm & there was a lack of informed consent
  • Validity of experiment would be affected by Zimbardo's internal role as the superintended