1. Stanford Prison Experiment Wyatt G., Connor A., Liz T., Brianna H. Mrs. Menzen English Honors 9 April, 2015

2. What was this experiment proving?  It wanted to see how good people can be changed in a bad environment  Scientist, Zimbardo  wanted to see whether the brutality in prisons were involved with sadistic reasons  or if it had to do with the prison setting  (Zimbardo)  (Psycho)

3. The Experiment  Found Volunteers through newspaper  Picked the best for the job  No mental illness  Paid $15 a day  24 out of 70 were chosen (Zimbardo)

4. The Experiment  They made 2 groups, people were chosen by flip of a coin  Prisoners and Guards  Morphed a basement into a prison  Used surveillance cameras to monitor the prisoners (Zimbardo)

5. The Experiment  They brought in the prisoners and were stripped naked and housed down  The guards were able to make their own rules  9 guards and 9 prisoners at a time (Zimbardo)

6. The Experiment  Prisoners started to rebel on day 2  Guards brought reinforcements and tore everything out of their cells  The rebellion was temporarily stopped  They rewarded the prisoners who weren’t involved in the rebellion (Zimbardo)

7. The Experiment  Then mixed the bad prisoners with the good ones  Ringleader wanted to expose the study  A prisoner was released and an escape plan with the released prisoner was heard about  This would take place while they held a parent/friend visiting hour (Zimbardo)

8. The Experiment  The guards then bagged and chained the prisoners together  Took them to a separate place to realize the escape plan was a fake  A local priest from a local prison came to evaluate the experiment on how close it is to the real thing (Zimbardo) (Psycho)

9. Implications/Outcome  Putting good people into bad environment  Reaction of human mind to certain situations  Simple test became a reality to those involved  Pushed the limits of subjects

10. How it Connects  Marlow is a sailor travelling through the Congo looking for a man named Kurtz  Kurtz is a white man among the Native Africans there, he saw them as a lesser people  the guards being higher people compared to the prisoners (Cherry)

11. What about in todays society?  This entire experiment would be looked at as wrong and unacceptable  Even though we know it still happens and we don’t do anything about it is still wrong (Cherry)

12. Works Cited Cherry, Kendra. "The Stanford Prison Experiment." The Stanford Prison Experiment. About Education, n.d. Web. 09 Apr. 2015.. "Psycho Hawks." Psycho Hawks. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Apr. 2015. Zimbardo, Philip G. "Stanford Prison Experiment." The : A Simulation Study of the Psychology of Imprisonment. Stanford University, n.d. Web. 09 Apr. 2015..