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The document discusses several experiments including the Stanford prison experiment and Milgram experiment. It analyzes the ethics of these experiments and how they psychologically impacted participants. It also discusses how sociological research can help people better understand human behavior and society.

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Quiet Rage Assignment

The document discusses several experiments including the Stanford prison experiment and Milgram experiment. It analyzes the ethics of these experiments and how they psychologically impacted participants. It also discusses how sociological research can help people better understand human behavior and society.

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If I were the experimenter in charge I would have done the study of psychological effects

of prison life. It never crossed my mind until watching the video but it does seem like a very

interesting project to research and experiment about. I would do a follow up on the study just to

compare the differences from the first study. A few things I would've changed about the

experiment is the prisoners not being able to have any freedom of action, although prison is a

form of punishment I do feel as if they are still human and shouldn't have their dignity taken

away from them. Also I'd get rid of the chains around their ankles barefoot because they're still

humans and should have the self respect to have a pair of shoes on, I'd change this by giving

them a pair of plastic slides or at least some socks.

If I were a guard, I would be a nice and lenient guard, I'm very sure because the prisoners

eventually started to become disrespectful to the guards. I think the reasoning for their behavior

change towards the guards is they realized “if im not respected, then you don’t get respected” I

truly believe in, to get respect you must earn it. I feel as if I were to be a guard that is lenient but

still goes by the rules and regulations, the prisoners would have much more respect for me as a

leader.

If I were a prisoner I know for sure I wouldn't be able to go through with the experiment,

I have too much of a “girly girl” lifestyle. I love always looking good for myself like getting my

hair and nails done, wearing makeup and dressing pretty, so doing that experience would most

likely make me go spiraling although it isn’t real, what I would have done differently than the

subjects they did is not getting their clothes and beds taken away. If I was in prison for 5 years or

more I definitely would not be able to do it.

What prevented the goods guards from overriding orders from the mean guards was they

felt like they were all one and needed to form a sort of unity between them. My theory is that the
nice guards felt if they weren't doing what the tougher guards were doing to the prisoners they

were doing their job “wrong”. Like the Asch experiment where when one was unsure about their

answer they would go with what everyone else said assuming it was the correct answer.

Identity in my eyes is what makes you yourself, your identity is what makes you different

and unique from others. How you express your physical appearance to the world, your sexuality,

your race or ethnicity, etc. Yes I do believe there is a core to yourself independent from how

others define you. A person's self-identity may have a core that is different from how others

identify them, but it is also possible for the core to be formed through outside forces like society

and culture. Remaking a person's identity can be very hard as changing their appearance and

interest is possibly easier. You can't really change the way a person can see themselves as a

person is going to know themselves better than anyone in the world.

I think where we draw the line between ethical and unethical research is when it starts to

mess with individuals mindsets. In quiet rage, prisoner 416 said he felt like he was losing his

identity while being there, he wasn't the same person he was who entered the “prison”. He felt

like he was actually imprisoned and did not see it as just a simple harmless experiment to get

researched on.

It was not ethical for both experiments, the Stanford prison experiment and The Stanley

Milgram experiment because the people who volunteered to do the experiments were basically

getting abused mentally and physically, especially prisoner 416. For instance like getting their

clothes, beds and sheets taken away for “bad behavior” making them use the bathroom in

buckets and leaving it in their cells until they smell horridly. Also with the man getting shocked

screaming saying he has heart problems and wanted it to stop. Certain things the guards did to
the prisoners were most likely emotionally damaging to go through as a young person, especially

since some of them did not say yes to volunteering to be in the experiment.

I wouldn't say it would have been better if the studies were not done, I just think they

definitely should have been different. The guards went a little overboard with the power that was

given to them, causing them to take advantage of the prisoners because they’re higher than them

and are basically capable of letting prisoners have a good or bad experience during the

experiment whether they like it or not which is kind of sad. It was not right for Zimbardo to get a

bunch of innocent individuals to go through what they went through to become a part of a

research project. He should've used actual prisoners or maybe went to an actual prisoner to and

got the real insider of how it’s going on from a guards perspective and a prisoners perspective.

Both Zimbardo's Stanford prison experiment and Stanley Milgram's obedience

experiment both have similarities of ethical issues. Both the experiments include psychological

and emotional damage done to the participants of the experiments who were not completely

informed about the purpose of the studies.

How sociological research can help people better understand the world we live in is

because sociology is the study of human behavior. Therefore research can allow us to understand

the habits of the people and the world we are living in, also by examining how individuals

correspond together when creating relationships, platonically and or romantically. Sociological

research provides useful resources for understanding and dealing with difficult social issues,

encouraging beneficial social change, and helping in informed decision-making.

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