zimbardo

• how many people did zimbardo use

  21 male college students
• what are two things zimbardo did to ensure there was no bias before the study


  screen every individual for emotional problems and every person was randomly allocated to the role
• how did guards act

  quick conformed to social roles, they became brutal and humiliated prisoners
• how did prisoners act

  at first rebelled but then became depressed, anxious and submissive
• how were social roles encouraged

  -uniform, prisoners were de individualised by being strip searched and given a number, guards given handcuffs for sense of authority

  -instructions about behaviour, guards were told they had complete power over prisoners