Southwestern Oklahoma State University Psychology Experiment Research

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In-class Assignment Week One

A classic psychology experiment was conducted by psychology professor Philip Zimbardo in the summer of 1971 at Stanford University.

The experiment is described here and view Zimbardo expanding on his research here.

  1. Briefly describe the study and its findings.
  2. Was it ethical to do this study? Was it right to trade the suffering experienced by participants for the knowledge gained by the research? (The experimenters did not take this issue lightly).
  3. How do the ethical dilemmas in this research compare with the ethical issues raised by Stanley Milgram's obedience experiments? Would it be better if these studies had never been done?
  4. APA format due tonight

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The Stanford Prison Experiment

The Stanford Prison Experiment
Study and Results
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