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Post by aggelosstamos on Oct 20, 2017 21:16:23 GMT
In the Zimbardo prison research norms have a undisputed and central role. This happens due to the fact that the participants brought their own "norms" in the study. This means that those who participated already had a representation of what a prison guard and a prisoner. This went for both those who were selected to be a prisoner or a guard. One example of this can come in the form of obedience to authority, which in this case was in the hands of the guards. Both new that the power dynamic was in the favor of the guards and as a result the prisoners knew they had to obey and at the same time the guards knew had the upper hand, as what they said went. To add on both the studies by Milgram and Asch could have us expect at least up to a point some of this behavior. Firstly from Milgram we could expect the guards to act violently even if they disagreed with the wardens orders, due to him being a figure from authority. From Asch we could expect conformity as even if one guard new that a certain behavior was wrong they would follow if the rest acted in a certain was in order to fit in, despite the cognitive dissonance it could case.
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Asees
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Post by Asees on Nov 6, 2017 13:55:24 GMT
You need to use the words "conformity" and "obedience" when talking about Zimbardo's experiment. Also, it is very important to know how they are different from each other.
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