Essays on Stanford Prison Experiment

Often, when we hear the term ‘ethical’ or ‘moral’ we think of what is considered ‘right’ or ‘wrong’. Many people learn about ethics and moral growing up, whether it be at schools, hospitals or any social settings. For instance, as we naturally mature, we tend...

Prisons have a negative impact on a healthy lifestyle because they create an unhealthy system filled with abuse, isolation, stress and mental problems which ultimately dehumanizes prisoners. First prisoners experience psychological trauma by being removed from the real world. All their possessions are taken away...

George Orwell’s 1984 and The Stanford Prison Experiment by Kyle Patrick Alvarez both encapsulate the struggle for individuality and identity, brought on by situations of absolute power dictating elements of their livelihood which has brought upon the deindividuation of characters in both texts. Exemplifying how...

The Stanford Prison Experiment was an experiment designed and carried out by Philip Zimbardo and a team of psychologists that used a mock prison setting with college students acting as prisoners and prison guards to prove that even without an external pressure of an authority...

The Stanford Prison Experiment was a study that was performed in 1971 by the psychology department at Stanford University. Approval to conduct the study was given by three different entities, those were the Office of Naval Research, the Psychology Department at Stanford, and the University...