Diagnostic Essay on Zimbardo - Stanford Prison Experiment

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Psychology Department. Zimbardo himself was an active participant of the experiment – he was the prison superintendent and his research assistant was the warden. The experiment had unexpected effects and gave much new information about the influence of the environment on the individuals. “Psychology Professor Philip Zimbardo’s Stanford Prison Experiment of August 1971 quickly became a classic. Using realistic methods, Zimbardo and others were able to create a prison atmosphere that transformed its participants”
Zimbardo believed that he could change how people ways of thinking and the pastern of the brain works, he wanted to control there thoughts and their emotions. The treatment given to Stanford Prison Experiment's subjects (the independent variable) was the assignment of power. Those assigned to be guards were given a great deal of power; they made up the prison rules and were allowed to use whatever means they deemed necessary within reason to enforce these rules and ...

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