effects of imprisonment

Question 1

zimbardo apfc

Answer 1

aimed to investgate effect of being assigned to diff role either prison guard or prsioner
24 male volunteers $15 a day, the most stable mentally and physically picked
mock prison in stanford uni
randomly allocated to prisoner or guard
14 day experiment
guards given unfiroms, whistle and police night stick and sunglasses and prsioners given unfirom and number, and a light chain and lock as a symbol of opression and repression
prisoners arrested at home by real police and imprisoned
was searched, had mug shot etc
stopped after 6 days, prisoners revoltedb after 2 days, 5 released on emotional dperession
prison guards internalised prisons, including zimbardo
90% of what was discussed was related to prison
prisoners enjoyed experience, guards did not was disappoointed when it end, voluntarily stayed on duty when didnt need to etc

social roles influence behaviour, strucutre and organisation of prison environment causes brutal behaviour

Question 2

dooley

Answer 2

suicide rates of prisoners is 4 times the general population, young offenders particularly at risk, in england and wales

Question 3

nature nurture effects of imprisonment

Answer 3

nature- Zimbardo, power led to detoriation, pathology of power and deindividuation
scientific
but
reductionist

nurture- Dooley, prisoners in england and wales 4 times at risk of suicide, effect of prison environment
useful
but
determinism

Question 4

free will holism effects of imprisonment

Answer 4

free will- Zimbardo, not all guards indulged in cruelty wherehas some voluntarily hurt people
ethical
but
unscientific

determinsim- Dooley, predetermined by prison environment
useful
but
reductionist

Question 5

reductionism holism effects of imprisonment

Answer 5

reductionism-Dooley, only considers prisoners expereicne, ignores eaerly life experience other mental illness etc
scientifc
but
incomplete

holism- Zimbardo, environmental factors like lock and chain on prisoners, only referring to them as a number as well as pathology of power and deindividuation
useful
but
determinsim

Question 6

ethnocentric effects of imprisonment

Answer 6

no-imprisonment is universal, Dooley shows UK suffer with mental health but lack of freedom iwll impact people wordlwide
useful
but
less generalisable due to westernised, e.g. sweden jails much better than ones in latin america etc

yes- Zimbardo, individualist culture
low pop validity
but
lack of indivudal differences

Question 7

ethics effect of imprisonment

Answer 7

zimbardo- no , no protection of pps
weakness- 5 severe depression, deters future pps
but
for greater good of research

Dooley- content analysis so fully ethical
strength- maintains reputation of psychologoy

zimbardo-not fully informed
strenght- lack of sdb, higher internal

Question 8

science, effects of imprisonment

Answer 8

dooley- quantative data
external relivality
but
lack of insight, lowers internal validity

Zimbardo-observation so behaviour is subjective, prone to researcher bias
strength- experimental realism
but
less scientifc, lowers repuation of psych as a science, hard to have inter rater

Question 9

usefulness, effects of imprisonment

Answer 9

dooley- yes,
practical apps, mental health resources
but
westernised culture

zimbardo-no,
unscientific and subjective so reduces validity
but
experimental realism, so high ecological
also advances knowledge on deindividuation

Question 10

section c effects of imprisonment

Answer 10

employment focused programes
gillis and nafekh found those on employment programmes was 70% less likely to return, compared to 55% of those were unemployed