The participants had no pre-existing characteristics that would have caused them to identify with one particular group. Hereafter, the subjects will be referred to by their assumed roles of prisoner or guard. Immediately following the prisoners’ arrival at the staged prison they were ordered by the guards to strip and stand naked with their arms outstretched against the wall and their legs spread. This was the first initiative towards the degradation of the prisoners. Without any encouragement, some guards had already begun taunting the prisoners through actions such as mocking their genitals. Furthering the prisoners’ humiliation, they were forced to wear smocks, a type of gown, with identification numbers on their front and backs, a pair of rubber clogs and a woman’s stocking as a cap. Making matters worse, they had a chain attached to one ankle and were denied underwear (Philip
The participants had no pre-existing characteristics that would have caused them to identify with one particular group. Hereafter, the subjects will be referred to by their assumed roles of prisoner or guard. Immediately following the prisoners’ arrival at the staged prison they were ordered by the guards to strip and stand naked with their arms outstretched against the wall and their legs spread. This was the first initiative towards the degradation of the prisoners. Without any encouragement, some guards had already begun taunting the prisoners through actions such as mocking their genitals. Furthering the prisoners’ humiliation, they were forced to wear smocks, a type of gown, with identification numbers on their front and backs, a pair of rubber clogs and a woman’s stocking as a cap. Making matters worse, they had a chain attached to one ankle and were denied underwear (Philip