The Stanford Prison Experiment By Philip Zimbardo

In the 1970’s ethics were significantly different from the ethics used today experiments. In the 70s people were more open on participating in experiments. Also during this time period it was easier to show the negative points of the subject’s behaviors. This also brings up the extreme power that the experimenter has over the subjects in the experiment. In The Stanford Prison Experiment the extreme unethical aspects of the experiment. This came at cost with the catastrophic effects the experiment brought on the participants. The Stanford prison Experiment is noted as a “classic experiment in the psychology of human behavior (Onishi & Herbert, 2016). In this experiment, Professor Phillip Zimbardo wanted to study the effects of labels and …show more content…
This could be compared to Erik Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development. The participant’s ages could be compared to the intimacy vs. isolation, the sixth stage of Erikson’s stages. Erikson explains this to be a time in a person’s life that would be building long-term relationships. Along with not only finding love relationships, but also long lasting friendships. The intimacy part of this stage, answer the question, Am I able to care for others? This could be compared to Zimbardo’s experiment because once he separated the subjects to half guards and half prisoners relationships went out the window. The Guards had so much power they lost the will to care for …show more content…
Shortly after the experiment was concluded there was an irruption of prisons breaks. There was a prison break the day after the experiment concluded. Along with the prison breaks there was a significant increase in prison riots. There was one particular one that happened at the Attica prison in New York. In which prisoners held guards hostage because the prisoners wanted their rights. This experiment help prisoners receive their basic rights and shed a light on prison guards abusing