The Guard

Why do you think they took on the roles they did? To prepare the guards for their roles, the participants assigned to be guards were given standard police uniforms, aviator sunglasses and billy-clubs to use; the ‘guards’ were also provided chains if needed. Zimbardo gave the participants rules for them to follow: 1.) the guards could create feelings of boredom, frustration towards the prisoners; 2.) Could not physically hit the prisoners. At the…

Those students who had grown up in the Red Guard lacked a solid formal eduation, as most of their time had been spent either in the countryside working for no pay, or participating in attacks on those against the communist regime. Riots among the Red Guard were incredibly common, leaving destruction and injuries in their wake, as different groups of Red Guards fought for power. With no ranks like other military organizations, many members of the Red Guard were grappling for control over the…

In Milkweed, “Until Then I had Only Read About These Things in Books” and “The Guard” are about children experiencing life with the Nazis in the Holocaust. Readers can clearly see, that they are some similarities but also some differences. Some similarities that the two excerpts and the poem have in common. They all have first hand account (their when it first happened). In Milkweed they author states “ I gasped aloud: Jackboots!. “They were magnificent. There were men attached to them but it…

divided up equally into two groups of 12. Some were guards and others were prisoners. They wanted this to be an experiment to see how many people would react to evil. It all begin by transforming the classrooms in the basement of Stanford University into jail cells. This way the reaction the volunteers get will be a different approach to things as if were a real prison. Which wasn’t hard to believe because the students really thought they were. Guards started their role as soon as the prisoners…

begin in early April and pass through two reviews, one from the Major General and the other from the Colonel in charge. These rehearsals occur in full ceremonial dress and the reviewers takes the salute at the time. On the day of the ceremony, the guards start by…

the prisoners. It might be safe to say that from the start, he was the only experimental guard who immediately transitioned into his power-figured role. The rest of the student guards had to experience a bit of rebellion from the prisoners in order to really begin exercising their authority (The Menace Within). However, that did not take long. The prisoners, although not intentionally mistreated by the guards on the first day, still underwent a lot of humiliation with simply the procedures of…

PRISON EXPERIMENT CONDUCTED? In order to study psychological effects of prison life a experiment was conducted called “Stanford Prison Experiment”. The psychologists wanted to study what were the psychological effects of becoming a prisoner or prison guard. To do this experiment, a team of researchers led by the famous psychology professor named, “Philip Zimbardo” finally decided to set up a replicated prison so that they can carefully note effects of the behavior of all those within the walls…

other 12 word guards. The 12 that were prisoners were forced to be confined in a makeshift jail cell. The guards were not allowed to physically harm to prisoners what could otherwise create feelings of fear powerlessness and boredom.This social experiment was able to turn levelheaded college students…

psychological effects of becoming a prisoner or prison guard. The experiment has been severely criticized for going too far and is now taught in most psychology classes. I thought it was an interesting experiment, and one that was worth doing. It shows what a prison can do to people. The experiment displayed the different ways prisoners deal with prison. For example, some act out and fight it, others just accept it and do whatever the guards say, and yet still others try to make the best of it…

in a prison. It occurred at Stanford University in 1971, led by Philip Zimbardo. It began in the Psychology Department, turning the basement into a prison. Creating three rooms, and one room for solitary confinement. The job was offered to become a guard or prisoner for $15 a day, where they approved to partake in a 7-to 14-day experiment, also having alternates in case of problems. Zimbardo took on the role of prison superintendent, also as the lead psychologist. Looking to see does the…