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McLeod, Saul. Stanford Prison experiment. SimplyPsychology, 2008. Web. 12 Feb. 2016.
This piece is an outline of the Stanford Prison Experiment. To start the collection of resources, I decided to choose one that would most benefit someone unfamiliar with the Stanford Prison Experiment. It covers the general idea and procedure of the social experiment. I wanted my first source to be completely objective and to give anyone unfamiliar with the experiment an overview. This article would benefit a student writing a synthesis because it provides objective, straightforward facts. Either side of the argument benefits from this piece. Along with the short piece I included a scan of the original newspaper ad seeking voulenteers of the experiment. …show more content…
His role in the experiment was to ensure that the prison environment was realistic, having had 17 years of experience in San Quentin. Prescott inspired many of the cruel punishments given to the subjects. He even forgot that this was a simulation and became just as corrupt as leaders of the prison systems that he wanted to reform. He admittedly failed to maintain verisimilitude in the experiment, but, intentionally or not, he pointed out some preexisting flaws in the experiment as well. The results of this study were meant to reflect society as a whole but the subjects were “carefully tested, psychologically solid, upper-middle-class Caucasian” Stanford students. He expressed his thoughts on the experiment in hindsight upon hearing about the production of movie …show more content…
Prisoner 819, or Stewart, rebelled against the guards and as a result was put in solitary confinement. The other prisoners’ mattresses were confiscated because of his behavior as well. He was put in “The Hole”, a storage closet, while the other prisoners banged on the door and yelled at him for hours. Upon his release from confinement, he began crying hysterically and refused to see the priest to discuss parole. During the experiment, he was the third of five participants who had mental breakdowns before the early termination. Because he was the third prisoner to show symptoms of distress this severe, Zimbardo was suspicious of him and concluded that he was faking to be able to leave like the previously released prisoners. After “browbeating” the prisoner into staying, he left to get food. While he was away, the prisoners lined up, chanting, "Prisoner #819 is a bad prisoner. Because of what Prisoner #819 did, my cell is a mess, Mr. Correctional Officer,’" a dozen times (Zimbardo). In the photo, he is curled into a ball on the ground in tears, hearing the chanting. Zimbardo found him like this and he was
McLeod, Saul. Stanford Prison experiment. SimplyPsychology, 2008. Web. 12 Feb. 2016.
This piece is an outline of the Stanford Prison Experiment. To start the collection of resources, I decided to choose one that would most benefit someone unfamiliar with the Stanford Prison Experiment. It covers the general idea and procedure of the social experiment. I wanted my first source to be completely objective and to give anyone unfamiliar with the experiment an overview. This article would benefit a student writing a synthesis because it provides objective, straightforward facts. Either side of the argument benefits from this piece. Along with the short piece I included a scan of the original newspaper ad seeking voulenteers of the experiment. …show more content…
His role in the experiment was to ensure that the prison environment was realistic, having had 17 years of experience in San Quentin. Prescott inspired many of the cruel punishments given to the subjects. He even forgot that this was a simulation and became just as corrupt as leaders of the prison systems that he wanted to reform. He admittedly failed to maintain verisimilitude in the experiment, but, intentionally or not, he pointed out some preexisting flaws in the experiment as well. The results of this study were meant to reflect society as a whole but the subjects were “carefully tested, psychologically solid, upper-middle-class Caucasian” Stanford students. He expressed his thoughts on the experiment in hindsight upon hearing about the production of movie …show more content…
Prisoner 819, or Stewart, rebelled against the guards and as a result was put in solitary confinement. The other prisoners’ mattresses were confiscated because of his behavior as well. He was put in “The Hole”, a storage closet, while the other prisoners banged on the door and yelled at him for hours. Upon his release from confinement, he began crying hysterically and refused to see the priest to discuss parole. During the experiment, he was the third of five participants who had mental breakdowns before the early termination. Because he was the third prisoner to show symptoms of distress this severe, Zimbardo was suspicious of him and concluded that he was faking to be able to leave like the previously released prisoners. After “browbeating” the prisoner into staying, he left to get food. While he was away, the prisoners lined up, chanting, "Prisoner #819 is a bad prisoner. Because of what Prisoner #819 did, my cell is a mess, Mr. Correctional Officer,’" a dozen times (Zimbardo). In the photo, he is curled into a ball on the ground in tears, hearing the chanting. Zimbardo found him like this and he was