Summary: The Standford Prison Experiment

Standford Prison Experiment
The topic of the study the article is addressing the study of the prisoners and the guards in a simulated prison. The main purpose of this study is give an explanation of the deplorable conditions of the panel system in that there are the dehumanizing effects of the prisoners and at the same time the guards. Additionally, another purpose of the study is to address what contribute to causes of despicable conditions, violence, brutality, degradation and at the same time, dehumanization within any prison across the world. According to the author, the main hypothesis of the study remains to be the dispositional hypothesis. The hypothesis is embraced due to the existence of the status quo of the prison as well as the …show more content…
All these methods of the study were obligated in ensuring that there was the realization of effective results from the study. The subjects or the individuals who participated in the study were normal, healthy and male college students. They were largely from the middle class about social- economic status. The participant of the study was supposed to respond to the psychological study of the prison life inclusive of the involvement of the prisoners in the crime. The measures that were collected included the physical aspects of the prison, operational details, and role instructions and at the same time, the routine of the …show more content…
This remains a strength of the study since it can be used in judging the guards regarding how they conduct themselves towards the prisoners. The limitation of the study remains to be the individuals who participated in the study. There was the involvement of the college students in that the study and there was the likelihood that they did not have enough details regarding the study topic. Therefore, there should be the capitalization of prisoners and guards for the betterment of the results to be realized. Thus, there was the need of modification to the way the study was conducted. A tip I would have given to Prof. Zimbardo would be for him not to be present as prison warden being that his results could be biased or erroneously attributed (Haney, Banks & Zimbardo,