The Stanford prison experiment was a study of the psychological effects of becoming a prisoner or a prison guard.The experiment was conducted at Stanford Univerity in August of 1971, by a team of researchers led by psychology professor Philip Zimbardo. For the experiment twenty-four male students out of seventy-five were selected to take on randomly assigned roles of prisoners and guards in a mock prison situated in the basement of the Stanford psychology building. The participants pretrayed their
things more anonymous as it is in a large crowd. Both Zimbardo and Le Bon believe that bystanders are less responsible and more likely to commit violence than when people are alone. Philip Zimbardo is a psychologist and a professor at Stanford University; he researches the cause of evil in people by doing a Stanford prison experiment. Zimbardo states about how evil can cause good people easily by the peers that they are surrounded by and the culture and traditional way changes can affect people
actions or influences can trigger ones good or evil side. This was tested by the psychologist and Stanford professor, Philip Zimbardo. He conducted an experiment in 1973 to test whether the brutality of guards was situational or dispositional, or in other words, whether it was due to the circumstances they were under or simply due to sadistic personalities they possessed. His plan was to use a mock prison in Stanford’s basement and gather a sample size of especially selected volunteers. Then, that sample
In the controversial Stanford Prisoner and Guard Experiment of 1971, ordinary people fell into sadistic, unrelenting roles with no more pressure other than merely being given the role and following orders. This is not an uncommon result for many experiments surrounding the concept of obedience. Similar results can be found in Stanley Milgram’s Perils of Obedience experiment of 1963, in which people across cultures and demographics all willing delivered what they believed to be a lethal electric shock
abstaining from violence and drugs, resulting in a decrease of crime in society. Nurture refers to environmental factors, and thus the experiences and upbringing of people are studied to see how it affects human development. Jane Elliott’s and Philip Zimbardo’s experiments, and Genie are all exceptional examples of how nurture influences human behaviour and even physique. Conversely, nature refers to the