Leland Stanford

In 1971 at Stanford University in northern California, one of America’s most prestigious academic institutions, a well known experiment in the history of psychology took place. This was the stanford prison experiment that was ran by Philip Zimbardo. In this experiment Zimbardo was researching what happens when you put good people in an evil place? How do we respond to authority? Also, does the institution influence a person's behavior or does a person's attitude, values, and morality influence…

In 1973 Philip Zimbardo published his research paper known as the “Stanford Prison Study.” Zimbardo wanted to study the different role of authority and obedience in a simulated prison he created, this was also true in the film “Stanford prison Experiment,” bother film and research were very similar, but the film not only show how the groups conform to their roles but also the warden, he became so hungry in finding answer to his questions that he would stop at nothing. Thus, his experiment ended…

The Stanford Prison Experiment was a proposed two-week experiment that turned into a six day nightmare. “The original intent was to study whether the behavior of prisoners and guards was dispositional or situational” (McLeod, 2008). However, what they got out of the experiment was a “situation in which prisoners were withdrawing and behaving in pathological ways” and where some of the guards “were behaving sadistically” (Zimbardo). The Stanford Prison Experiment is one of the most controversial…

Conducted in August 1971 by Professor Philip Zimbardo, the Stanford Prison Experiment was an experimental study using students to evaluate how an individual’s behavior can be shaped when put in certain situations involving power. The students chosen to participate were assigned randomly as either a prison guard or a prisoner and were placed in the basement of the Psychology Department at Stanford University to conduct the experiment. Despite being planned to run for two weeks, the experiment…

was a professor at Stanford University. He is most known from his 1971 Stanford prison experiment and his research on the The Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory. In 2012, Zimbardo received the American Psychological Association Gold Medal for Lifetime Achievement in the Science of Psychology. His approach throughout his studies within psychology was social cultural. Main Contribution to Psychology Phillip Zimabrdo’s most influential contribution to psychology was his 1971 Stanford prison…

Abusive Authority: Prison Guards and Pimps Cana Rainwater Charleston Southern University Abusive Authority: Prison Guards and Pimps In 1971, a psychologist by the name of Philip Zimbardo created a “prison” in the basement of a psychology building to study the behavioral and psychological consequences of becoming a prisoner or a prison guard; the results were unexpected. Participants in the program showed evidence of psychological changes within thirty-six hours, and the experiment…

Ethical Issues within the Stanford Prison Experiment The Stanford prison experiment was a controversial experiment in human behavior conducted at Stanford University in 1971. The experiment took twenty-four voluntary students and placed them in the role of either prison guard or prisoner, in a make shift prison that was constructed in the basement of the psychology department of Stanford University. The experiment was to last fourteen days but was terminated after six days due to the negative…

internal behavioral tendencies, leading us to engage in behaviors that are different from our usual selves, and that situation exerts strong effects over our behavior. 2. The researches creates a “prison” in the basement of the psychology department at Stanford University to stimulate a real prison experience. The participants were 24 normal college-age men that had to agree to certain provisions, such as violations of their civil rights and minimal food. They were divided into “guards” and…

The Stanford Experiment ethical or un-ethical, why and what was the purpose, what was learned and what did the Stanford Experiment contribute in the scientific community of studying human behavior? To understand and answer these questions one must start with the beginning, the very genesis of what is one of the most ground breaking experiments in my own perspective opinion. The Stanford Prison Experiment which was conducted in 1971 by psychologist Philip Zimbardo and his colleagues. This was a…

The goal of the guns, testosterone, and aggression research report was to test whether interacting with guns increased testosterone levels and later aggressive behaviors. The researchers used 30 male college students from the age of 18 to 22 as their subject, getting extra credit in return. To protect the results of the experiment, subjects were told they would be participating in an experiment that examined taste sensitivity in males. Since their saliva would be taken for hormone analysis,…