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conformity to social roles
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social roles, research into conformity into social roles, evaluation of research
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conformity to social roles
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social influence (paper 1)
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conformity to social roles
social roles
parts people play as members of social groups
come with expectations of appropriate behaviour
the extent to which we conform to expectations that others have
research into conformity to social roles
zimbardo
aim
to see if people would conform to given social roles
prison guards and prisoners
procedure
mock prison in stanford uni's basement
participants = volunteers that were deemed to be "emotionally stable"
participants randomly assigned roles
prisoners' routines regulated and decided by guards
prisoners were arrested at their homes
guards had their own weapon and uniform
wore sunglasses
hid identity
allowed them to abuse their power without being recognised
originally to run for 2 weeks, had to be stopped after 6 days
results
participants conformed to given social roles
guards' behaviour became a threat to prisoners' physical and psychological health
prisoners rebelled but became obedient after being subdued
conclusion
power of situation influenced people's behaviour
evaluation
:) high internal validity
lab experiment
control EVs
establish cause and effect relationship
:( ethical issues
protection of participants
participants were subject to psychological and physical harm
must be a more ethical way to research conformity into social roles
:( ecological validity
unrealistic task
most people will not be prison guards or prisoners
none of the participants were prison guards or prisoners before either
can't be applied to real life
:) evidence to support
abu ghraib
US soldiers tormented iraqi prisoners during iraqi war
electrocution
having dogs bite them
shows soldiers conformed to social roles
further validity - was not an experiment
:( evidence to contradict
BBC prison study
similar to zimbardo's study
15 men randomly allocated roles of prisoners or guards
participants didn't conform to social roles
treated each other respectfully
not everyone conforms to social roles
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