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Seb Potvin

The Stanford Prison Experiment: A Simulation Study of the Psychology of Imprisonment - 0 views

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  • rebellion which broke out on the morning of the second day. The prisoners removed their stocking caps, ripped off their numbers, and barricaded themselves inside the cells by putting their beds against the door.
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      Seb Potvin on 06 Apr 13
       
      Prisoners rebelled to try and show the injustice of the guards and the mistreatment towards them
Seb Potvin

BBC News - Stanford prison experiment continues to shock - 0 views

www.bbc.co.uk/...world-us-canada-14564182

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  • Forty years ago a group of students hoping to make a bit of holiday money turned up at a basement in Stanford University, California, for what was to become one of the most notorious experiments in the study of human psychology.
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      Seb Potvin on 06 Apr 13
       
      The experiment took place in California and college students participated to make extra money
  • The Stanford prison experiment was supposed to last two weeks but was ended abruptly just six days later
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      Seb Potvin on 06 Apr 13
       
      The experiment was done in six days because of mental breakdown and dropouts
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      Seb Potvin on 06 Apr 13
       
      Prisoners no-longer wanted to partake in this experiment
  • Despite their uniforms and mirrored sunglasses, the guards struggled to get into character and at first Prof Zimbardo's team thought they might have to abandon the project.
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      Seb Potvin on 06 Apr 13
       
      It took guards and prisoners she time to fully get into their roles and because of that, Zimardo was worried the experiment would be done before it even started
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  • At the same time the prisoners, referred to only by their numbers and treated harshly, rebelled and blockaded themselves inside their cells.
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      Seb Potvin on 06 Apr 13
       
      Prisoners where harshly treated, punished, embarrassed and is one of the main reason why the experiment concluded after 6 days
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      Seb Potvin on 06 Apr 13
       
      Prisoners gave up because they found conditions to be bad and found no point in this experiment.
  • "Suddenly, the whole dynamic changed as they believed they were dealing with dangerous prisoners, and at that point it was no longer an experiment,"
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      Seb Potvin on 06 Apr 13
       
      Guards took their roles too strictly and  Zimbardo even said at the end that these people where not like that in their outside lives, and that their roles changed them for the course of the experiment.
  • "What was demanded of me physically was way too much and I also felt that there was really nobody rational at the wheel of this thing so I started refusing food."
    • Seb Potvin
      Seb Potvin on 06 Apr 13
       
      Prisoners no-longer ate out of hatred towards the guards and to hopefully get out.
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      Seb Potvin on 06 Apr 13
       
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