In the article, The Lucifer Effect, by Philip Zimbardo, he analyzes the likelihood for individuals to deviate from “normal” behavior as consequence of the Power of The Situation. He suggest that individuals have the potential to be both good or evil and the line between them is permeable and susceptible to change depending on various situations. On of the focal points in his research is the Stanford experiment. This experiment intended to investigate the tendency of people fulfilling society’s roles, in specific; guards and prisoners. In this study, he explores the interactions of power between guard and inmates, as well as the extent to which they learn to internalize and assimilate such roles as representative of who they are (true self).
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First, Zimbardo’s findings suggested the that the individual is responsible for their own conduct, yet his findings reflects the opposite. In this scene guard and prisoners adopted their respective identities at a fast pace meaning they assimilated and internalized their identities quickly, easily and deeply. Second, the social context in Zimbardo study appears to influence the formation and fulfillment of both roles; guards and prisoners. According to their generalized understanding of how guards and prisoners behave like, both participants alter their identities within this particular setting. Even though my study also reflects this phenomena, it happens within a different context. The findings and analysis of my study differ by interpretation of the conducted interviews and observations. In contrast with Zimbardo’s participants, Trenza girls have learned their roles as (fgs) by modes of primary socialization, meaning they first began to understand and internalize this identity through their parents influence, as opposed to the specific general understanding of (fgs) identity. In reference to his social context analyzation, society plays a greater impact on the reproduction of (fgs) once already in the educational system. With that being said, the developmental process of this identity occurs at home, and then fortified in social settings like like UC Berkeley …show more content…
For example, I have concentrated my research on observations/interviews that in combination has help me formulate a more concrete argument on the formation and internalization of (fgs) identities. I suggest, he can use a similar organization in his study by creating a combination of observations and interviews in order to see the true results and effects of this experiment on the participants in the long run. I also think he can drag on my argument on primary socialization by parents in the effort to explain why out of the three guards,one of them acted and reacted differently from the other two. The same goes for the prisoners who some showed submissiveness while others showed resistance. The answer to this can be found on the way these students were socialize within their household and the different ideas they hold on the performance of these identities aside from the general ideology that exist in
First, Zimbardo’s findings suggested the that the individual is responsible for their own conduct, yet his findings reflects the opposite. In this scene guard and prisoners adopted their respective identities at a fast pace meaning they assimilated and internalized their identities quickly, easily and deeply. Second, the social context in Zimbardo study appears to influence the formation and fulfillment of both roles; guards and prisoners. According to their generalized understanding of how guards and prisoners behave like, both participants alter their identities within this particular setting. Even though my study also reflects this phenomena, it happens within a different context. The findings and analysis of my study differ by interpretation of the conducted interviews and observations. In contrast with Zimbardo’s participants, Trenza girls have learned their roles as (fgs) by modes of primary socialization, meaning they first began to understand and internalize this identity through their parents influence, as opposed to the specific general understanding of (fgs) identity. In reference to his social context analyzation, society plays a greater impact on the reproduction of (fgs) once already in the educational system. With that being said, the developmental process of this identity occurs at home, and then fortified in social settings like like UC Berkeley …show more content…
For example, I have concentrated my research on observations/interviews that in combination has help me formulate a more concrete argument on the formation and internalization of (fgs) identities. I suggest, he can use a similar organization in his study by creating a combination of observations and interviews in order to see the true results and effects of this experiment on the participants in the long run. I also think he can drag on my argument on primary socialization by parents in the effort to explain why out of the three guards,one of them acted and reacted differently from the other two. The same goes for the prisoners who some showed submissiveness while others showed resistance. The answer to this can be found on the way these students were socialize within their household and the different ideas they hold on the performance of these identities aside from the general ideology that exist in