So with all this said, I believe that Zimbardo’s prison experiment is unethical due to its lack of informative material, lack of protection to the prisoners/guards, poor debriefing of the prisoners and poor training of the guards, and the lead experimenter being a large influencing role in the experiment.
What was the main reason for the Stanford Prison Experiment?
Q: What was the purpose of the Stanford Prison Experiment? A: The purpose was to understand the development of norms and the effects of roles, labels, and social expectations in a simulated prison environment.
Who was Prisoner 8612?
One of the prisoners (#8612), Douglas Korpi, a 22-year-old Berkeley graduate, began to exhibit uncontrollable crying and rage 36 hours into the experiment, described by Zimbardo as “acute emotional disturbance”.
Where is Zimbardo now?
Zimbardo has been a Stanford University professor since 1968 (now emeritus), having taught previously at Yale, NYU, and Columbia University. He is currently a professor at the Palo Alto University, teaching social psychology to clinical graduate students.