The Stanford Prison Experiment was part of a hands on experiment that Phillip Zimbardo wanted to conduct. This experiment sheds some light on how the prison system is, how prisoners feel, and how they deal with emotions. The goal however of the Stanford experiment was to see what happens when good people are placed in […]
I believe my most important contribution to the field of psychology is the findings from the Stanford Prison Experiment. The goal was to focus on how ordinary people can deindividualize, dehumanize, and vandalize generally due to group identity, situational validation of behavior, and power of roles. In this experiment, 40 male college students were randomly […]
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Get startedAfter reading this article it one my eyes to new information about corrections and how it was developed. And how psychology and corrections work together and how it affects the human mind and body and the effect between guards and prisoners. Watching videos and reading about the experiment it really shows that a person being […]
There are several million Americans housed in correctional facilities around the country in the modern criminal justice system. One of the biggest issues in the contemporary corrections system is that of prison violence. The American criminal justice system has extremely high rates of prison violence, which includes not only prisoner-prisoner violence, but prisoner-guard violence as […]
At the end of 2016, an average of 2.2 million people were incarcerated in the United States. That’s 2.2 million people waking up on the same hard bed, eating the same old disgusting food, and having to live through the same routine every single day. The condition of a jail cell can tell a lot […]
Structure and agency are the two determinants of social outcomes. Agency is related to the individual free will, it is how we choose to maneuver within the structure. The person can exercise choice in maintaining personal and social realities. The structure of the environment greatly influences an individual’s thought and behavior. Behaviors are affected by […]
Case study after case study have shown a long history of Stockholm Syndrome situations. This psychological response to being held captive with a threat of physical harm is puzzling. A captor should elicit a negative feeling to the point of hatred from the victim. When the victim responds with feelings of loyalty, sympathy, supportiveness, gratitude, […]
“You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind”, said Mahatma Gandhi. Zimbardo disagrees with the statement as guards can manipulate their power to imprison the prisoners brain. Day one began for the guards in the Stanford experiment with the guards receiving their […]
