Zimbardo's Prison Study
Craig Haney, Curtis Banks, and Philip Zimbardio are all psychologists that had an idea or hypothesis about the conditions of the penile systems and how it had dehumanizing effects on the prisoners. A great Russian novelist named Dostoevsky wrote about the years that he spent in a Siberian prison and the conditions and the actions he encountered. In his book, he said, “… if a man could survive the horrors of prison life he must surely be a ‘creature who could withstand anything’.” Keeping this in mind, the three psychologists created an experiment that would make it easier for them to observe behavior as well as emotional, attitudinal and cognitive reactions that occurred in prison. Instead of going to a prison for observation they created a “mock” prison like environment witch included guards and prisoners. Their goal being to find the reason for the conditions, whether they are the actions of the guards, or both combined. If one was to blame the guards, they could say it! was because they were sadistic, uneducated, and insensitive. It is their “mentality” that brings in the negative traits and creates the situations. If one wanted to blame it on the prisoners, they could say that it expected from the inmates because of t
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Approximate Word count = 2041
Approximate Pages = 8 (250 words per page double spaced)
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