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The Stanford Prison Experiment conducted in 1971 by Dr. Philip Zimbardo
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would not be able to be conducted these days. When conducting an
experiment with humans there are many ethical guidelines that are to be followed. The
rights and well being of the participants must be weighed against the study’s value to
science. The people always come first, and research second. This was not the case in
Dr. Philip Zimbardo’s experiment.
I found that there were many ethical considerations that were violated in Dr.
Philip Zimbardo’s research. One being that the investigator must debrief the participants
telling them the true nature of the study and expectations of the results. This is really
important in studies that involve deception. Dr. Philip Zimbardo’s experiment was full of
deception. The participants did answer to an ad in the local newspaper that stated
they were looking for volunteers to participate in a study of the psychological effects of
prison life. I don’t think they were told in full context what to expect of the
experiment. I don’t think Dr. Philip Zimbardo even knew what he was getting himself
into by Conducting this experiment.
Dr. Philip Zimbardo randomly assigned the participants into two groups by the
flip of a coin. Half of them were guards and the others were the prisoners. The guards
weren’t given any specific training. They were pretty much free to do whatever necessary
to keep order in the prison, and to command the respect of the prisoners. The prisoners
had to wear dresses as their uniform and wore a chain around their foot. The aim of the
clothes were to humiliate the prisoners and to deprive them of their individuality. The
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