SY101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: American Sociological Review, Stanford Prison Experiment, Philip Zimbardo
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Strain theory: the incongruity between culturally valued material ends and the available (cid:862) o(cid:272)ial tru(cid:272)ture a(cid:374)d a(cid:374)o(cid:373)ie(cid:863), a(cid:373)eri(cid:272)a(cid:374) o(cid:272)iologi(cid:272)al re(cid:448)ie(cid:449), o(cid:272)to(cid:271)er 1(cid:1013)3(cid:1012) means to achieve them creates incentives for engaging in deviant behaviour. Purpose: to test disorientation, depersonalization, and deindividualization. Mock prison the basement of the psychology building. /day to male college students for a study on the psychology of imprisonment. 24 students: 9 prisoners and 9 guards. Guards became authoritarian and subjected prisoners to psychological torture. Priso(cid:374)ers (cid:271)e(cid:272)a(cid:373)e e(cid:454)tre(cid:373)el(cid:455) su(cid:271)(cid:373)issi(cid:448)e a(cid:374)d passi(cid:448)e (cid:449)ere released earl(cid:455). Many identified as prisoners and believed there was no way out. Conclusion: people will conform to social roles they are expected to fulfill. Environmental factor: the prison helped to heighten the brutal behaviours. Ethical criticisms: lack of fully informed consent, high levels of humiliation and psychological distress. Comparison: abu ghraib military prison torture abuse.
