Tuesday, April 13, 2010

What psychological research method is used in this example?

young men were randomly assigned as a prison guard


they were not instructed


in a short period prisoners became distressed helpless and panicky some became apathetic


in contrast prison guards manifested different behavior that correspended to their role


what type of survery is this

What psychological research method is used in this example?
Experimental/Observational


Here's the official site for the Stanford Prison Experiment http://www.prisonexp.org/
Reply:This is clearly the Stanford Prison Study. According to my old Intro to Psych notes, this was naturalistic observation.
Reply:Observation.
Reply:is this a simple experiment?


or maybe causal research
Reply:It was mainly an observational (field) study with a few experimental components.


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