Discussion: Evaluating the Stanford Prison experiment
Locate information on the Stanford Prison Experiment website. Watch the slide show. Write an essay in which you answer each of the following:
• In your own words, describe the experiment.
• What type of experimental, quasi-experimental, or nonexperimental design was used? Explain.
• What were the findings of the experiment? Do you find them to be valid? Are the findings generalizable? Explain.
• Did the Stanford Prison Experiment violate any ethical issues in experimental research? Explain.