Stanford Prison Experiment
I feel I would be a mean sadistic guard who in turn made the prisoners feel helpless. I would not be doing it solely to torment the prisoners, I would be following Zimbardo 's orders. I see myself as a person that tends to follow orders when they are given. Though on no terms could I see myself to be as sadistic as the guard nicknamed John Wayne. If I was given the role of a guard, I feel I would fit the norms of the situation quite well.
I feel the guards were entrapped within the role of being a guard. The good guards were afraid to go against the group and retaliate against their harsh behavior. I do also feel that the guards were just following Zimbardo 's orders. The pressure to comply with Zimbardo’s orders of being sadistic and mean withdrew the idea of good guards standing up. The diffusion of responsibility also came into play. With the number of guards present, I feel they thought someone else would act …show more content…
For example, the prison experiment continued even though the participants of the study no longer wanted to continue, even though they were told they could leave the experiment at any time. In Milgram’s experiment the responsibility of hurting the learner was taken from that of the teacher eliminating any doubt in continuing with the experiment. In the prison experiment Zimbardo withheld responsibility for any harmful happenings within the study. The participants in both studies received psychological harm. The debriefing of the prison experiment was many years after the ending of the experiment itself. There were many things that nowadays we would see as morally wrong with these experiments. I do though feel it was better that these studies were done and conducted. I think it helped set better guidelines for experiments involving humans. I also feel it helped enlight on how fast given the role, the human brain can adapt and
I feel I would be a mean sadistic guard who in turn made the prisoners feel helpless. I would not be doing it solely to torment the prisoners, I would be following Zimbardo 's orders. I see myself as a person that tends to follow orders when they are given. Though on no terms could I see myself to be as sadistic as the guard nicknamed John Wayne. If I was given the role of a guard, I feel I would fit the norms of the situation quite well.
I feel the guards were entrapped within the role of being a guard. The good guards were afraid to go against the group and retaliate against their harsh behavior. I do also feel that the guards were just following Zimbardo 's orders. The pressure to comply with Zimbardo’s orders of being sadistic and mean withdrew the idea of good guards standing up. The diffusion of responsibility also came into play. With the number of guards present, I feel they thought someone else would act …show more content…
For example, the prison experiment continued even though the participants of the study no longer wanted to continue, even though they were told they could leave the experiment at any time. In Milgram’s experiment the responsibility of hurting the learner was taken from that of the teacher eliminating any doubt in continuing with the experiment. In the prison experiment Zimbardo withheld responsibility for any harmful happenings within the study. The participants in both studies received psychological harm. The debriefing of the prison experiment was many years after the ending of the experiment itself. There were many things that nowadays we would see as morally wrong with these experiments. I do though feel it was better that these studies were done and conducted. I think it helped set better guidelines for experiments involving humans. I also feel it helped enlight on how fast given the role, the human brain can adapt and