Zimbardo's Stanford Prison Experiement

Where did Zimbardo conduct his prison study?

• Yale university

• Cambridge university

• Princeton university

• Stanford University

In Zimbardo's Prison Study how were the prisoners and guards allocated?

• Participants said which role they preferred to take

• Zimbardo decided who should goin each group

• Randomly

• First 12 to volunteer allocated prisoner role, second 12 guards

Which of the following is not a valid criticism of Zimbardo's prison study?

• The study lacked internal validity due to the way the prisoners and guards were allocated

• Zimbardo exaggerated the power of situational factors influencing behaviour as only about a third of the guards behaved in an aggressive manner

• The participants were play acting stereotypes of how prisoners and guards are supposed to behave rather than conforming to roles

• The study created ethical issues as when the prisoners requested parole they were refused and because of the distress caused

What sampling method did Zimbardo use to recruit potential participants for his prison study?

• Systematic

• Opportunity

• Volunteer

• Random

In the Zimbardo's prison study, how many partcipants were selected to take part?

• 21

• 31

• 24

• 18

The prisoners uniforms were...

• loose smock to wear and a cap to cover their hair- identified through numbers

• shorts and a t-shirt

• straight jacket

The guard's uniforms were...

• blue suits

• cape, truncheon and glasses

• wooden club, handcuffs and mirror shades

• tazer, shorts and shirt

The uniforms were used for ____ which meant they would be more likely to conform to social norms

• disguises

• de-individuation

• dressing

• depressing

After how many days Zimbardo finish the study?

• 2

• 7

• 6

• 16

How many days was the study meant to last (it did not last this long)

• 2

• 6

• 7

• 14