Prison and Its Affect on Those Within the Walls
Matthew T. Hill
Ivy Tech Community College
Abstract
This paper explores an experiment conducted by psychologist Dr. Philip Zimbardo. Dr. Zimbardo is a professor at Stanford University, who conducted an experiment on the psychological effects of becoming a prisoner or prison guard. The experiment was based on setting up a simulated prison and then analyzing the effects of the institution on the behavior of all that participated in the experiment. During the exercise, Dr. Zimbardo, the Stanford Professor, divided the volunteers into prisoners or prison guards. The experiment was to be conducted over a fourteen-day period in which the study of prison life could be examined. This paper examines Dr. Zimbardo’s experiment and the effect it had on the volunteers, as well as my own personal experience after viewing the slide show of the experiment. It is proposed that additional exercises should be conducted on potential prison guards, to educate them on the affect their actions could have on promoting human values rather than destroying them.
Prison and Its Effect on Those Within the Walls
Psychologists and Sociologists have tried to examine the affect prisons have on everyone within the institutions for many decades. Dr. Philip Zimbardo, a professor at Stanford University, designed an experiment in August of 1971 called The Stanford Prison Experiment. Dr. Zimbardo designed the experiment based on setting up a simulated prison and wanted to examine the effects the institution had on the behavior of all that participated in the experiment. At the beginning of the experiment, the volunteers were divided into either prisoners or prison guards. The experiment was to be conducted over a fourteen-day period in which the study of prison life could be examined. This paper examines Dr. Zimbardos experiment and the affect it had on the volunteers, as well as my own personal experience after viewing the slide... [continues]
Matthew T. Hill
Ivy Tech Community College
Abstract
This paper explores an experiment conducted by psychologist Dr. Philip Zimbardo. Dr. Zimbardo is a professor at Stanford University, who conducted an experiment on the psychological effects of becoming a prisoner or prison guard. The experiment was based on setting up a simulated prison and then analyzing the effects of the institution on the behavior of all that participated in the experiment. During the exercise, Dr. Zimbardo, the Stanford Professor, divided the volunteers into prisoners or prison guards. The experiment was to be conducted over a fourteen-day period in which the study of prison life could be examined. This paper examines Dr. Zimbardo’s experiment and the effect it had on the volunteers, as well as my own personal experience after viewing the slide show of the experiment. It is proposed that additional exercises should be conducted on potential prison guards, to educate them on the affect their actions could have on promoting human values rather than destroying them.
Prison and Its Effect on Those Within the Walls
Psychologists and Sociologists have tried to examine the affect prisons have on everyone within the institutions for many decades. Dr. Philip Zimbardo, a professor at Stanford University, designed an experiment in August of 1971 called The Stanford Prison Experiment. Dr. Zimbardo designed the experiment based on setting up a simulated prison and wanted to examine the effects the institution had on the behavior of all that participated in the experiment. At the beginning of the experiment, the volunteers were divided into either prisoners or prison guards. The experiment was to be conducted over a fourteen-day period in which the study of prison life could be examined. This paper examines Dr. Zimbardos experiment and the affect it had on the volunteers, as well as my own personal experience after viewing the slide... [continues]
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