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| Behind Closed Gates: Potential dynamics when one group or individual is given complete control over another |
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Author(s):
Jen Andersen, Anne LaVigne, Jeff Potash, & Lees Stuntz |
Subject:
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This lesson with accompanying simulation is loosely based on an experiment that was conducted at Stanford University in 1971. Phillip Zimbardo wanted to see how typical people would act if they were asked to take on roles of prisoners and prison guards for a two-week period. The experiment was stopped after only six days because of escalating, abusive behavior of the guards and concerns about the well-being of the prisoners.
In the simulation, students take on the role of a social scientist, trying to understand how a similar situation (with guards having complete control over prisoners)can create specific human responses, such as fear,repression, and resistance. They can then compare this situation to a host of other similar situations, fictional or real. |
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Link to the simulation: http://www.clexchange.org/curriculum/simulations/prison_simulation.asp
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