The University of Tennessee Chattanooga Stanford Prison Experiment Paper
After watching the Stanford Prison Experiment Documentary: Quiet Rage (Links to an external site.), answer the following questions/prompts.
- Was this a true experiment? Why/why not?
- Make sure you justify your answer with examples from lectures/text/etc.
- Name at least 3 ethical violations of this experiment. Explain how each ethical guideline that you identify was violated.
- Of the 3 ethical violations noted, which do you think is the worst, or most harmful. Who was it most harmful to? Why?
- Make sure to justify your reasoning.
- What changes would need to be made to the original protocol in order for researchers to be able to perform this study today? Would an IRB approve such a study? Why/why not?
- Make sure to justify your reasoning.
- Which hypothesis was supported by the findings of this experiment? How? Can we rely on these findings? Were the measures valid? Why/why not?
- Make sure to justify your reasoning.
