Research Ethics Board (REB) - research oversight group that evaluates research to
protect the rights of participants in the study
Researcher's intention is to... - -to NOT deliberately harm the people who agree to
par
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Research Ethics Board (REB) - research oversight group that evaluates research to
protect the rights of participants in the study
Researcher's intention is to... - -to NOT deliberately harm the people who agree to
participate in a research project
-The intent to do no harm, however, is not a guarantee that no harm will occur.
The Stanford Prison Experiment - -Philip Zimbardo's study of the effect of roles on
behavior.
-Participants were randomly assigned to play either prisoners or guards in a mock
prison.
-guards became sadistic and prisoners became depressed and showed signs of
extreme stress.
-The study was ended early because of the "guards'" role-induced cruelty.
1) A Quiet Sunday Morning...
--police car swept through the town picking up college students as part of a mass arrest
for violation of Penal Codes 211, Armed Robbery, and Burglary, a 459 PC. (fake
arrests/charges)
2) Volunteers
--What suspects had done was to answer a local newspaper ad calling for volunteers in
a study of the psychological effects of prison life.
--simulated prison and then carefully note the effects of this institution on the behavior of
all those within its walls.
--More than 70 applicants but were left with a sample of 24 college students from the
U.S. and Canada who happened to be in the Stanford area and wanted to earn $15/day
by participating in a study.
--divided into two groups by a flip of the coin. Half were randomly assigned to be
guards, the other to be prisoners.
3) A State of Mild Shock...
--Blindfolded and in a state of mild shock over their surprise arrest by the city police, our
prisoners were put into a car and driven to the "Stanford County Jail" for further
processing. The prisoners were then brought into our jail one at a time and greeted by
the warden, who conveyed the seriousness of their offense and their new status as
prisoners.
4) Humiliation--Each prisoner was systematically searched and stripped naked. He was then
deloused with a spray, to convey our belief that he may have germs or lice
5) Enforcing Law
--The guards were given no specific training on how to be guards. Instead they were
free, within limits, to do whatever they thought was necessary to maintain law and order
in the prison and to command the respect of the prisoners.
--Warden David Jaffe
--began with nine guards and nine prisoners in our jail. Three guards worked each of
three eight-hour shifts, while three prisoners occupied each of the three barren cells
around the clock. The remaining guards and prisoners from our sample of 24 were on
call in case they were needed. The cells were so small that there was room for only
three cots on which the prisoners slept or sat, with room for little else.
6) Asserting Authority
--At 2:30 A.M. the prisoners were rudely awakened from sleep by blasting whistles for
the first of many "counts." The counts served the purpose of familiarizing the prisoners
with their numbers (counts took pla
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