Standford Prison Study

This study was passed and funded through Congress; however they did not know the full story. The wrong in this study was that the men did not give informed consent and did not receive any treatment. The men were studied till their autopsy, which is obviously death. This sparked much controversy and changed human experimentation forever.

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In “The Standford Prison Experiment”, Philip G. Zimbardo, shows an example of how people who have power uses to abuse others to help show their dominance and power by using the prison experiment that was used at Stanford. Showing how people with power who are the guards are hurting the defenseless prisoners. This is shown in the article by the author when he said “I have singled him out for the special abuse both because he begs for it and because I simply don’t like him”( Philip 75). Showing how when guards were giving their power they demonstrated on the prisoners who in this experiment were seen as the victims or the prey of the violence that was used on them. To then show how they have power and quash the prisoner's moral of rebelling.

One of the issues that we kind of talked about during class was segregation. Through my notes for King Birmingham, it is known that the city Birmingham was the most segregated cities in the United States. I asked people why they thought about this city in Alabama and why was it so segregated. A lot of my response was how the old history was a different level of racist. One of my colleagues said how the old times was more racist than it is today.

Prisoners were enticed to volunteer to enter the research project as a part of their prison sentence, but promised early release, and some financial compensation. They not only served as research subjects in the two years long experiment, but also had role in the project to work with the researchers regardless being unqualified for this type of work. Participating prisoners received some compensations to participate in the project. Furthermore, risk and side effects of the treatment were not fully disclosed to the subjects. The military did not want to expose their valuable soldiers to such an experiment; therefore, it only seemed logical to use the “useless” members of society to search for a much needed cure for Malaria.

A STUDY OF PRISONERS AND GUARDS IN A SIMULATED PRISON Craig Haney, Curtis Banks and Phillip Zimbardo Stanford University. What was the general topic addressed in the article? The general topic addressed in this article is the experiment of the study of prisoners and Guards in a simulated prison at Stanford University. What was the purpose of the research?

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On day six Zimbardo and Milgram decided to conclude the experiment. Zimbardo originally intended to explore how prisoners adapt to powerlessness, but he has contended that the experiment demonstrates how swiftly arbitrary assignment of power can lead to abuse. (Maher, The anatomy of obedience. P. 408) Once the experiment was completed Zimbardo and Milgram concluded that generally people will conform to the roles they are told to play.

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Vaccinations When it comes to vaccinations, there are many different opinions on immunizing a child, especially when that child’s parent has a strong like or dislike towards vaccinating. Immunizations have existed for at least a thousand years and as technology advances more, there are new vaccines being designed to help protect our children from contracting contagious and sometimes deadly diseases, such as Bordetella pertussis, polio, and even influenza. For decades, all 50 states have required that parents vaccinate their children against various diseases, including polio and measles, as a prerequisite to enrolling them in public schools (Ciolli, 2008). Enrollment in public school requires up to date vaccinations in order to protect the children and even the adults from contracting and spreading a disease, possibly causing an epidemic.

Prior to Guatemala, it was attempted in a prison in Terre Haute, Indiana, however, the researchers “were unable to come up with a method for consistently infecting prison inmates with gonorrhea, and therefore couldn 't study the disease effectively or administer potential treatments (Mariani). " The researchers knew they could not continue the experiments in the United States so they moved to Guatemala where they used even more unethical means to infect Guatemalan soldiers, mental patients, and prisoners. It is clear that they could not rationalize performing the procedures they used on the Guatemalans on American citizens; these experiments occurred because of the prejudice that foreigners are less than Americans and do not have human rights. Throughout history, countless horrific human rights violations, just like those in Guatemala, have occurred under the guise of medical research. Research ethics standards have sought to prevent these experiments from happening since the Nuremberg trials, but they continue to occur for reasons which tend to be based in prejudice, and by using methods which have often depended on taking advantage of vulnerable persons and

The Stanford Prison Experiment: A Journey Into Authoritarian Leadership Over the years, scientists, psychologists, and doctors have used social experiments to further their understanding of our surroundings. Social experiments are studies of the human mind and psyche through various environments. In this case, a social experiment called the Stanford Prison Experiment is what opened new doors for the comprehension of human behavior, how we act when we are in power, as well as offered a glimpse into the flaws in our legal system. This experiment was conducted in 1971 in Palo Alto, California.

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