Psychologist conduct experiments in order to have a better understanding on how the human brain works. There are four different types of experiments; experimental, quasi experiment, qualitative, and quantitative. Both of the experiments we chose are considered to be experimental. The two experiments we chose are the Stanford Prison Experiment, and the effects of change blindness on the human brain.
“Change Blindness is a failure to detect that an object has moved or disappeared and is the opposite of change direction,” according to Eysenck and Keane, (2005). In a study by Simons and Levin (1998) they had volunteers conduct a discussion with a random person. During the conversation, a quick utterance took place when an object came between …show more content…
In teams of three the guards worked eight hour shifts. After thirty six hours, Zimbardo talked about one person saying “He has gone completely crazy”. It got so serious they had to let him go. This experiment was stopped by Christina Maslach. This was Zimbardo's girlfriend. Zimbardo finally called the experiment off and it turned out that the experiment had also been used to illustrate cognitive dissonance theory and the power of authority. The results of this experiment favored situational attribution. This meant that the situation rather than the individual personalities caused the behavior. The participants adapted to their roles more than Zimbardo had …show more content…
Zimbardo, “More than 70 applicants answered our ad and were given diagnostic interviews and personality tests to eliminate candidates with psychological problems, medical disabilities, or a history of crime or drug abuse. Ultimately, we were left with a sample of 24 college students from the U.S.” Many of the college students did not think anything about it because their brain was not able to fully comprehend everything going on around them due to the change blindness. After going through the study, the volunteer’s way of perception changed. They saw life in a different point of view than the before. Beforehand, the volunteers were just college students looking to make some extra money, after the experiment they now have the feeling of what it was like to be in prison and lived life in a new way which would not send them back. Change blindness played a role in the Stanford Prison Experiment because the volunteer’s lives were altered, but not so dramatically to where they could tell
“Change Blindness is a failure to detect that an object has moved or disappeared and is the opposite of change direction,” according to Eysenck and Keane, (2005). In a study by Simons and Levin (1998) they had volunteers conduct a discussion with a random person. During the conversation, a quick utterance took place when an object came between …show more content…
In teams of three the guards worked eight hour shifts. After thirty six hours, Zimbardo talked about one person saying “He has gone completely crazy”. It got so serious they had to let him go. This experiment was stopped by Christina Maslach. This was Zimbardo's girlfriend. Zimbardo finally called the experiment off and it turned out that the experiment had also been used to illustrate cognitive dissonance theory and the power of authority. The results of this experiment favored situational attribution. This meant that the situation rather than the individual personalities caused the behavior. The participants adapted to their roles more than Zimbardo had …show more content…
Zimbardo, “More than 70 applicants answered our ad and were given diagnostic interviews and personality tests to eliminate candidates with psychological problems, medical disabilities, or a history of crime or drug abuse. Ultimately, we were left with a sample of 24 college students from the U.S.” Many of the college students did not think anything about it because their brain was not able to fully comprehend everything going on around them due to the change blindness. After going through the study, the volunteer’s way of perception changed. They saw life in a different point of view than the before. Beforehand, the volunteers were just college students looking to make some extra money, after the experiment they now have the feeling of what it was like to be in prison and lived life in a new way which would not send them back. Change blindness played a role in the Stanford Prison Experiment because the volunteer’s lives were altered, but not so dramatically to where they could tell