Conformity to social roles

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who studied this?
Zimbardo
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what else was zimbardo trying to find apart from if ppl conformed to social roles?
if it was either dispositional or situational factors that effected it
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what was the study?
He randomly assigned the role to the of prisoner or prison guard to 21 male uni students who were paid $15, he arrested the prisoners w real police and gave them numbers, the prison guards were given uniforms, truncheon, etc but the guards were told they
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what were the results?
5 prisoners were sent home early due to the extreme adverse mental health consequences
prisoners became vile, making them clean toilets bare handed
prisoners became vulnerable
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it lasted only 6 days/ 2 weeks. concluded situation problems were largely responsible for the behaviour.
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name evaluations
-reicher and haslam- recreated but found pp didn't accept this and the 'prison system' collapsed
-individual differences- cigarettes, support, help
-broken ethical guidelines- protection from harm
+rwa in prison systems
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