standford prison experiment

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Please watch the short documentary above and answer the following questions:

Why did this abuse occur?

How was the “guards” identity and behavior influenced by their role?

Why did the good guards do nothing?

Can this happen in real life?

What does this experiment teach us about criminal justice system?

How can people in power prevent this type of behavior?

ESSAY ASSIGNMENTS: Assignments must be double-spaced at least one pages in length with 12-point font and one-inch margins. Essay assignments are worth 50 points each and are due on Sunday of the week assigned. Please note that most of your points will come from your ability to implement critical thinking. Critical thinking requires students to think through situations, facts, and issues and analyze and evaluate information in an informed manner.

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  • Contain a thesis statement.
  • Be, at least one full page in length
  • Present a point of view and be supported with evidence.
  • Relate the material to be written about to core concepts in sociology (such as perhaps cultural relativism, mechanical social solidarity, conflict theory, etc.).
  • Display your knowledge of covered course material, drawing from any of the lessons that fit the topic of the assignment.
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  • Have 1 inch margins, 12 point Times New Roman Font, and be double spaced.
  • Have an introductory paragraph, several body paragraphs, and a conclusion.

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Essay: Stanford prison Experiment
The documentary is about an experiment conducted by the Stanford University which has
been said the most notorious experiment in the psychology field. It aims to know the happenings
and the consequences if people will be put in an evil situation or place. And the kind of
environment that the psychologist chose to test its evilness is the prison. The psychologists
would want to know if the behavior of the people placed in that evil place can be controlled by
the institution or the value as well as the morality would allow an individual to overcome that
evil environment.
Students were commissioned to participate in the experiment acting their roles such as
prisoners and prison guards. They created a subterran...


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