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Zimbardo’s Prison Simulation

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By the end of this section students will be able to:

Describe the Stanford Prison Experiment

Evaluate Zimbardo’s research on conformity

Learning objectives

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Zimbardo’s prison simulation study

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To find out more about the Stanford Prison Experiment,click here: http://www.prisonexp.org/

In exams, you will not only be asked to describekey studies, you will also be required to evaluate them.

Evaluating Zimbardo’s research

In pairs, use the evaluating studies table to list the strengths and weaknesses of Zimbardo’s experiment.

You should consider: experimental design

reliability validity generalizability

ethics how useful the study was.