There are many different kinds of psychology, but one that has caught my eye during this semester would be Social Psychology. Social Psychology is the study of social interactions and their effects on individuals. Now there are also many different Social Psychology experiments such as, The Bobo Doll Experiment by Albert Bandura, The Obedience Experiments by Stanley Milgram, and The Stanford Prison Experiment by Philip Zembardo. The one that intrigues me the most though is The Stanford Prison Experiment. The Stanford Prison Experiment was a Social Psychology experiment ran by Philip Zembardo that took place in California in 1971. Zembardo turned the basement of the Stanford Psychology department into a mock prison. The experiment was planned to last two weeks, but only made it six days due to questioning of morality of the experiment. However, the overall purpose of
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Following that, each prisoner was given a smock with now undergarments. Chains were put around their right ankle and was to remind the prisoner of their place. Zembardo also used ID numbers, as previously mentioned, to make the prisoners feel like they were nothing but a number. The prisoners were not to be called by their real names. This all ties in to simulating a real prison, and theses where the steps taken in doing so.
As for the guards in this experiment, they were never told how to be a guard. They were aloud to take on the role as they saw fit and do whatever was necessary to keep the order of the prison. This lead to the guards making their own rules. However, the guards did have to dress properly. They were dressed in kakis and wore a whistle. Additionally, they carried around billy clubs, and wore sunglasses so that no one could tell their real emotion or identity. The guards worked eight-hour shifts, so they rotated each
Following that, each prisoner was given a smock with now undergarments. Chains were put around their right ankle and was to remind the prisoner of their place. Zembardo also used ID numbers, as previously mentioned, to make the prisoners feel like they were nothing but a number. The prisoners were not to be called by their real names. This all ties in to simulating a real prison, and theses where the steps taken in doing so.
As for the guards in this experiment, they were never told how to be a guard. They were aloud to take on the role as they saw fit and do whatever was necessary to keep the order of the prison. This lead to the guards making their own rules. However, the guards did have to dress properly. They were dressed in kakis and wore a whistle. Additionally, they carried around billy clubs, and wore sunglasses so that no one could tell their real emotion or identity. The guards worked eight-hour shifts, so they rotated each