The Stanford Prison Experiment

A psychological experiment about the exploration of human behavior under imprisonment


Seminar Paper, 2004

16 Pages, Grade: 1,2


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Table of Contents

1. Introduction

2. Methodology
2.1. Test subjects
2.2. The prison
2.3. Instructions within the prison

3. Implementation
3.1 Arrival at the prison
3.2. The prison officers
3.3 The beginning of the experiment
3.4. The course of the experiment
3.4.1. Day and night program
3.4.2. The uprising
3.4.3. Psychological tactics
3.4.4. Dismissing the prisoners
3.4.5. The end of the experiment

4. Results and discussion
4.1. Effects of psychic pressure
4.2. Loss of reality
4.3. Situation and structure
4.4. Comparative observations
4.5. Reality vs. Simulation
4.6. The power of the prison guards
4.7. Pathological prisoner syndrome
4.8. Dependence via the mental loss of masculinity

5. Problems with terms of imprisonment

6. Bibliography

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Title
The Stanford Prison Experiment
Subtitle
A psychological experiment about the exploration of human behavior under imprisonment
College
Justus-Liebig-University Giessen
Grade
1,2
Author
Year
2004
Pages
16
Catalog Number
V270558
ISBN (eBook)
9783656613923
ISBN (Book)
9783656613930
File size
588 KB
Language
English
Keywords
stanford, prison, experiment
Quote paper
Gabriel Dischereit (Author), 2004, The Stanford Prison Experiment, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/270558

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