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The Stanford Prison Experiment

A psychological experiment about the exploration of human behavior under imprisonment

Title: The Stanford Prison Experiment

Seminar Paper , 2004 , 16 Pages , Grade: 1,2

Autor:in: Gabriel Dischereit (Author)

Sociology - Methodology and Methods
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In the 1970s and '80s, the behavioral researcher and psychologist Prof. Philip Zimbardo tested the effects of extraordinary situations on human subjects. Zimbardo was less concerned with demonstrating the personal situations, developments and psychological case studies of individuals, and rather was searching for universal relationships between external influences and the behavior of the subject.

Such influences are to be observed in situations of extreme duress, as illustrated by those in prisons.
After World War II there were a multitude of reports from prisoners about their personal experiences, the influences and effects of their respective time in prison. Zimbardo now wanted to observe the effects of prison on a universal level. He thus clearly separated the personal psyche of the individual from the factors that would encroach from the "outside", making them equal to prisoners.

The core question Zimbardo was experimenting with was the question of the "good" and "evil" in humans. Would good or evil triumph in individuals who were subjected to extreme stress and were required to resort to violence? What influence does the environment have on this decision? Who is actually responsible for reporting extraordinary violence in prisons? Is it the special characters and individuals gathered within the prison, or must this phenomenon be ascribed to the imposed prison environment?

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction

2. Methodology
2.1. Test subjects
2.2. The prison
2.3. Instructions within the prison

3. Implementation
3.1 Arrival at the prison
3.2. The prison officers
3.3 The beginning of the experiment
3.4. The course of the experiment
3.4.1. Day and night program
3.4.2. The uprising
3.4.3. Psychological tactics
3.4.4. Dismissing the prisoners
3.4.5. The end of the experiment

4. Results and discussion
4.1. Effects of psychic pressure
4.2. Loss of reality
4.3. Situation and structure
4.4. Comparative observations
4.5. Reality vs. Simulation
4.6. The power of the prison guards
4.7. Pathological prisoner syndrome
4.8. Dependence via the mental loss of masculinity

5. Problems with terms of imprisonment

6. Bibliography

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Title
The Stanford Prison Experiment
Subtitle
A psychological experiment about the exploration of human behavior under imprisonment
College
Justus-Liebig-University Giessen
Grade
1,2
Author
Gabriel Dischereit (Author)
Publication Year
2004
Pages
16
Catalog Number
V270558
ISBN (eBook)
9783656613923
ISBN (Book)
9783656613930
Language
English
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Gabriel Dischereit (Author), 2004, The Stanford Prison Experiment, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/270558
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