WorksheetsConformity to social roles as investigated by Zimbardo
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 13mins
Conformity to social roles involves changing your (a) to suit the role you are given in a situation or society.
Conformity to social roles occurs due to:
Deinidivuation
Situational factors e.g. being provided with a uniform
Obedience i.e. obeying orders on how to behave
Zimbardo's research into conformity to social roles involved:
A line judgement task
Creating a prison simulation
Participants administering electric shocks
How were participants assigned to the roles of either prison guard or prisoner?
Random allocation
The psychologically healthier participants were assigned the role of prisoner.
The psychologically healthier participants were assigned the role of prison guard
Participants chose which role they would prefer.
Prisoners were given prison numbers and bald caps to wear to take away their identity. This is referred to as (a)
Zimbardo's research into conformity to social roles was conducted in the basement of which university?
Yale
Stanford
Harvard
Oxford
Which of the following are correct descriptions about Zimbardo's participants?
They were all male
They were all female
They were all American
They were all British
They were all deemed psychologically healthy
Which of the findings about Zimbardo's research into conformity to social roles are true?
The prisoners attempted to rebel
The guards harassed the prisoners
The study lasted the full 2 weeks
The study was discontinued after 6 days
The prisoners overtook the prison and were harassing the guards
Zimbardo's research is criticised for being unethical because some of the prisoners became depressed and anxious. What ethical guideline would this relate to?
Deception
A lack of informed consent
A lack of right to withdraw
Failure to protect participants from harm
Which of the following did Zimbardo argue was necessary in order to make the prison-life simulation as realistic as possible?
Arresting the prisoner participants outside of their homes without consent
Instructing the prison guards to be verbally and physically aggressive towards the prisoners
Testing whether participants were psychologically healthy
Using all male participants
Zimbardo used a volunteer sample. This can be criticised for increasing the chances of __________ ____________ whereby participants attempt to guess the aims and change their behaviour to suit the aims.
(a)
Zimbardo has been accused of exaggerating the power of the situation in influencing conformity to social roles while minimising the role of personality factors. This is because:
Only a third of the guards behaved in a brutal manner.
Only 60% of the guards behaved in a brutal manner.
Only 3 of the guards behaved in a brutal manner.
Zimbardo's research into conformity to social roles resulting in positive applications in the prison system whereby focus is increasingly placed on:
Rehabilitation
Punishment
