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Jessica Zammett (FGCU): Stanford Prison Experiment
In the year 1971, the Stanford Prison Experiment was conducted by researchers, including Philip Zimbardo. 24 college students were chosen–12 to role play prisoners and 12 to play guards (each role had 9 students, plus 3 alternates). According to the Standford Prison Experiment’s website, “the purpose of the experiment was to understand the development of norms and the effects of roles, labels, and social expectations in a simulated prison environment.” Therefore, this experiment not only studied psychology and anitsocial behavior, but it definitely dealt with sociology as well. I first learned about this interesting and famous experiment while in my high school psychology class, and later in my high school sociology class. It is easy to understand why this experiment pertains to both subjects.
There were many results from the experiment, but the main point was that “the simulation became so real, and the guards became so abusive, that the experiment had to be shut down only after 6 days rather than the two weeks planned.” the experiment was no longer humane. Prisoners quickly became extremely stressed, and very depressed. The guards became cruel and sadistic.
Through this experiment, the results showed what happened when good people were put in an evil place. All of these college students had no prior record of medical conditions, psychological disorders, or criminal arrests. In this situation, the guards took advantage of their roles, as do many people in today’s society. The guards were performing in a way that was different from their individual role in society. Instead of their normal role of a college student, they acted as someone completely different from who they truly were, because they were put into the condition and mindset to do so. By the way that the guards treated the prisoners, the experiment showed that humanity did not win over evil.
The following youtube link is a three minute clip that shows a short summary of what happened during the experiment.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxGEmfNl-xM
Sources: http://www.prisonexp.org/