“They recreated the original ad [of the prison experiment], and then ran a separate ad omitting the phrase “prison life.” They found that the people who responded to the two ads scored differently on a set of psychological tests. Those who thought that they would be participating in a prison study had significantly higher levels of aggressiveness, authoritarianism, Machiavellianism, narcissism, and social dominance, and they scored lower on measures of empathy and altruism” (Konnikova).
The subjects responded to a certain wording, and this wording showed that the subjects were not as “normal” as Zimbardo claimed.
Finally, the environment was crafted to be brutal. The guards and prisoners may have reacted differently in a less brutal environment. "BBC study in December, 2001, two psychologists, Stephen Reicher and Alexander Haslam, tried to find out. They worked with the documentaries unit of the BBC to partially recreate Zimbardo’s setup over the course of an eight-day experiment….Soon, more prisoners began to challenge the guards. They acted out during roll call, complained about the food, and talked back. At the end of the sixth day, the three insubordinate cellmates broke out and occupied the guards’ quarters.” (Konnikova). Instead of the guards acting out, this time the prisoner did.
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The environment (Nazi Germany and the concentration camps) allowed for the cruel behavior from the guards and a loss of compassion and faith. “I had not seen myself since the ghetto. From the depths of the mirror, a corpse was contemplating me. The look in his eyes as he gazed at me has never left me” (Wiesel). This shows the psychological deterioration and the loss of humanity the prisoners faced in the camps. They couldn’t even recognize who they were, or who they had
The subjects responded to a certain wording, and this wording showed that the subjects were not as “normal” as Zimbardo claimed.
Finally, the environment was crafted to be brutal. The guards and prisoners may have reacted differently in a less brutal environment. "BBC study in December, 2001, two psychologists, Stephen Reicher and Alexander Haslam, tried to find out. They worked with the documentaries unit of the BBC to partially recreate Zimbardo’s setup over the course of an eight-day experiment….Soon, more prisoners began to challenge the guards. They acted out during roll call, complained about the food, and talked back. At the end of the sixth day, the three insubordinate cellmates broke out and occupied the guards’ quarters.” (Konnikova). Instead of the guards acting out, this time the prisoner did.
“The lesson of Stanford isn’t that any random human being …show more content…
The environment (Nazi Germany and the concentration camps) allowed for the cruel behavior from the guards and a loss of compassion and faith. “I had not seen myself since the ghetto. From the depths of the mirror, a corpse was contemplating me. The look in his eyes as he gazed at me has never left me” (Wiesel). This shows the psychological deterioration and the loss of humanity the prisoners faced in the camps. They couldn’t even recognize who they were, or who they had