Thought experiment

From January to May of 1939, one of the most controversial psychological experiments to date was conducted on twenty-two orphans (Reynolds, 2003). The aim of the study was to test the effect of positive and negative speech therapy (Reynolds, 2003). It has since been notoriously nicknamed The Monster Study. The children were divided into four groups, two groups of five stutterers and two groups with six fluent speakers (Ambrose & Yairi, 2002.). Throughout January and May, each student had…

The highly unethical nature of this experiment is quite apparent, in the film and in the actual experiment itself. Starting with deception, it was evident since the start of the study when the participants were made unaware of their random assignment and led to believe that their roles were based on their nature. Demand characteristics were briefly seen when the experimenter told the guards that they expected them to show their authority and discipline the prisoners Furthermore, there is…

terrifyingly normal and stated that he was just following orders. Milgram (1963) conducted multiple experiments to investigate how strong an authorities influence was over other’s sense of morals and how far they were able to make them obey. One of the biggest limitations that Milgram’s experiment faced was his ecological validity, the ability to generalize his findings to the real-world. His first experiment could have been considered ethnocentrically bias, favoring only your own…

In the Stanford Prison Experiment, psychologist Dr. Philip G. Zimbardo acquired a group of volunteers to participate in a prison simulation. This group of college-age boys would go on to become prisoners and guards for two weeks with a payment of $15 a day. However, the experiment quickly became out of control. The prisoners started to break down rapidly due to their lack of sense of time and sudden loss of freedom. Initially, they lashed out at the guards saying how the guards had no real…

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 experiment. This experiment had the goal to observe the…

hypothesis. The professor in Psychology thought that personality traits of prisoner and guards are the reason of abusive behavior in prison. Like all good scientists, Zimbardo put his question into motion, turning the basement of the university into a prison. In present day, this experiment would have been much harder to get passed by Institutional Review Boards, or even not at all. While Zimbardo might have had good intentions, the Stanford Prison Experiment was a breach of research ethics.…

The experiment that was conduct was for 24 college undergrad students, who were placed in a jail and treated like prisoners. Students were 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…

An experiment to test how far a person is willing to go in the name of obedience was conducted at Yale University. People are usually obedient to people with power or above them, therefore, in this experiment an administrator would tell the test subjects to shock the victim, who was obviously, an actor/someone in on the experiment. In this article the author, Stanley Milgram elaborates and describes the experiment. Like any other article out there, there are weakness along with strengths. The…

variations in the way each experiment was conducted, there’s many similarities that relate to the treatment of each subject. Results of these studies support the reasoning behind the different ways that people act. Events in the past can also correlate with the way people act in modern times. Today, college is problematic for students due to the effects of group pressure and authority which creates flaws in our educational system. Solomon Asch discusses his experiment in the article,…

aware of. They understood and accepted the fact that the trial could have a negative outcome. They were prepared and would not give up and neglect their studies if something went weary. However, this is not the case for Victor Frankenstein and his experiment. The book Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, follows the story of a creator, Victor Frankenstein, and his creation, the creature. It portrays an ongoing fight between the two to establish dominance and authority. As a creator, Frankenstein…