ENGL 112 Lecture Notes - Stanford Prison Experiment, The Smell, Thesis Statement
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What you really want is in some way determined by the situation that you find yourself in. Important: prison is not simply a place made out of metal and concrete, it can also be a psychological situation as well and that"s what zimbardo explores. (first few paragraphs, setting the scene. ) The process of becoming a prisoner, the idea that if you become a prisoner, you don"t just go to jail; you have to go through a sort-of process that marks you as a prisoner. The process: stripped naked, skin-searched, deloused and issued a uniform, bedding, soup and towel. Thesis statement in a nut-shell : an experimental mock prison, created by social psychologists to study the effects of imprisonment upon volunteer research subjects. Zimbardo is going to focus on both sides (prisoners and guards) Why go through the bother of setting up a mock prison? . Can"t get the overall snapshot of what goes on in a prison.