Zimbardo Experiment Thesis
David Neverdon
Zimbardo Experiment Essay
Grand Canyon University
Phillip K. Zimbardo, who is a professor of psychology at Stanford University, directed the Stanford Prison Experiment, also known as the Zimbardo Experiment. The goal of the Zimbardo experiment was to research how willing human beings would imitate to the characters of correctional officers and inmates in an acting role that replicated life behind bars. But what really happens when you remove the freedoms of human beings and place them in subservient positions and place them in jail cell type settings? The answer is that the mind and physical well-being is drastically and forever changed for the worse, which Mr. Zimbardo’s tests proved. Zimbardo advertised for …show more content…
He felt life-threatening despair, confused thought, uncontainable sobbing, and episodes of extreme anger. Other inmates were freed from the test within the three day period due to related diagnoses. One prisoner even developed a psychological irritation on his whole body that was caused by his denial of his parole appeal by the simulated hearing committee. The inmates and guards were so affected by their surroundings and conditions that the prisoners started a riot after the second day, and the guards dealt with it rather violently. The Ringleaders of the riot were moved from the cells and put into “The Hole”. After spending their time in solitary confinement prisoners were switched around putting some of the ringleaders in with good prisoners that had nothing to do with the riot. The Stanford Prison Experiment had several important implications. One of which derives from average males that were so drastically affected under the burdens of being placed in a confinement setting. When these outcomes are correlated to the much more long- term and harshness of a real prison, you can only imagine the adverse effects on the real criminals serving jail
Zimbardo Experiment Essay
Grand Canyon University
Phillip K. Zimbardo, who is a professor of psychology at Stanford University, directed the Stanford Prison Experiment, also known as the Zimbardo Experiment. The goal of the Zimbardo experiment was to research how willing human beings would imitate to the characters of correctional officers and inmates in an acting role that replicated life behind bars. But what really happens when you remove the freedoms of human beings and place them in subservient positions and place them in jail cell type settings? The answer is that the mind and physical well-being is drastically and forever changed for the worse, which Mr. Zimbardo’s tests proved. Zimbardo advertised for …show more content…
He felt life-threatening despair, confused thought, uncontainable sobbing, and episodes of extreme anger. Other inmates were freed from the test within the three day period due to related diagnoses. One prisoner even developed a psychological irritation on his whole body that was caused by his denial of his parole appeal by the simulated hearing committee. The inmates and guards were so affected by their surroundings and conditions that the prisoners started a riot after the second day, and the guards dealt with it rather violently. The Ringleaders of the riot were moved from the cells and put into “The Hole”. After spending their time in solitary confinement prisoners were switched around putting some of the ringleaders in with good prisoners that had nothing to do with the riot. The Stanford Prison Experiment had several important implications. One of which derives from average males that were so drastically affected under the burdens of being placed in a confinement setting. When these outcomes are correlated to the much more long- term and harshness of a real prison, you can only imagine the adverse effects on the real criminals serving jail