Stanley Prison Experiment

Stanley Prison Experiment

“The Stanford Prison Experiment was a landmark psychological study of the human response to captivity, in particular, to the real world circumstances of prison life. It was conducted in 1971 by Philip Zimbardo of Stanford University”. The Stanley prison experiment was conducted in 1971 by psychologist Philip's Zimbardo along with some of his fellow graduate students. The experiment was supposed to be based on obedience, he wanted to expand Stanley Milgram's research, also created a similar study that was based on obedience. Zimbardo selected up to 24 undergraduate students, 12 were prisoners and 12 were guards, they were supposed to play these roles up to two weeks in exchange for $15. According to

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Such action might include referral to state or national committees on professional ethics, to state licensing boards or to the appropriate institutional authorities. This standard does not apply when an intervention would violate confidentiality rights or when psychologists have been retained to review the work of another psychologist whose professional conduct is in question.” This experiment shows that sometimes people fall into the role society has for them. Zimbardo received an excessive amount of criticism from this experiment because it was seen as an unethical according to (Zimbardo, 2008) “Zimbardo was strongly criticized for his role in the experiment and his lack of objectivity by making himself "superintendent" of the mock prison. This study was conducted at a time when APA ethical codes were far less restrictive than they are now, so Zimbardo did not receive any disciplinary action. In addition, the nature of the experiment made it difficult to have controls in place putting the scientific integrity of the findings in question” (Zimbardo,