Zimbardo’s Study

Question 1

What is a social role?

Answer 1

Where a person sits on the societal heirearchy?

Question 2

What is deinvidualnsation?

Answer 2

When a person loses their personal identity

Question 3

What is a superintendent?

Answer 3

A fake role of being in charge of a prison

Question 4

What 2 researchers evaluated Zimbardos study ?

Answer 4

Banuazizi and Fromme

Question 5

What did fromme accuse zimbardo of doing?

Answer 5

minimising the impact of dispositional factors

Question 6

What evaluation related to demand characteristics did Banuaxizi suggest?

Answer 6

Participants were play acting

Question 7

What was the procedure in Zimbardos experiment?

Answer 7

• 24 american male student volunteers were psychologically and physically screened
• They were randomly assigned to play either a prisoner or guard
• Prisoners were arrested randomly at their homes
• Prisoners were given and referred to by their id numbers
• Prisoners wore chains on their ankles
• Guards were given mirrored sunglasses

Question 8

What were the findings if Zimbardos study?

Answer 8

• Guards grew increasingly abusive and forced orisobers ro do degrsding tasks
• As punishments guards made prisoners do push ups or sexual acts toward one another
• Guards rewarded well behaved prisoners with special privileges
• five prisoners had to be released early due to extreme reactions

Question 9

How long was Zimbardos experiment planned to last?

Answer 9

2 weeks

Question 10

How long was Zimbardos study planned to last?

Answer 10

2weeks

Question 11

how can you argue that participants thought the experiment was real in zimbardos study?

Answer 11

• Early release due to extreme reactions e.g anxiety, crying and rage
• 1 prisoner asked for parole rather than to withdraw