Throughout the movie, The Stanford Prison Experiment, multiple incidents defined the experiment as unethical. I remembered the infamous experiment from high school, but did not remember if the experiment took place before or after the establishment of the institutional review board. Logically, I assumed that this experiment took place before the implementation of the International Review Board. However, I was wrong. I find the committee’s assessment both extremely interesting and troubling that they approved Zimbardo’s experiment.
The movie appalled me because both the participants and researcher’s actions were completely immoral. However, on page 62 of the social psychology book, stated that members of the institutional review board examine …show more content…
In addition, there would be no hitting allowed. These guidelines were the only evidence throughout the entire experiment that proved to be ethical. After the first couple of hours of the experiment, everything went downhill. After prisoner number 8162 punched a guard rebelling against the prisoner’s unfair treatments, there was no consequence from the researchers. This breach in rules with no consequence led others, especially the guards, to act forcefully using physical violence. This situation was the first of many to demonstrate unethical acts allowed throughout the experiment. Another major manifestation of violations of ethics happened when some of the prisoners asked for a doctor’s help. Anyone could see that the prisoners were suffering from serious psychological harm. Zimbardo found himself fully invested in the experiment. Although he was the lead researcher of the experiment, his investment of the jail stimulation, primed him to become blind to the reality of the situations presented throughout the jail stimulation experiment. Another presentation of the violation of ethics presented itself when the researchers not only sat back and watched how badly the guards were treating the prisoners, but also told the guards to get a handle on their power to control the prisoners and to call for backup, if need be. This situation should have never happened, especially when the researchers knew how horribly the guards were treating the prisoners. Some were even showing signs of significant psychological
The movie appalled me because both the participants and researcher’s actions were completely immoral. However, on page 62 of the social psychology book, stated that members of the institutional review board examine …show more content…
In addition, there would be no hitting allowed. These guidelines were the only evidence throughout the entire experiment that proved to be ethical. After the first couple of hours of the experiment, everything went downhill. After prisoner number 8162 punched a guard rebelling against the prisoner’s unfair treatments, there was no consequence from the researchers. This breach in rules with no consequence led others, especially the guards, to act forcefully using physical violence. This situation was the first of many to demonstrate unethical acts allowed throughout the experiment. Another major manifestation of violations of ethics happened when some of the prisoners asked for a doctor’s help. Anyone could see that the prisoners were suffering from serious psychological harm. Zimbardo found himself fully invested in the experiment. Although he was the lead researcher of the experiment, his investment of the jail stimulation, primed him to become blind to the reality of the situations presented throughout the jail stimulation experiment. Another presentation of the violation of ethics presented itself when the researchers not only sat back and watched how badly the guards were treating the prisoners, but also told the guards to get a handle on their power to control the prisoners and to call for backup, if need be. This situation should have never happened, especially when the researchers knew how horribly the guards were treating the prisoners. Some were even showing signs of significant psychological