How would i have reacted in this situation?I can guarantee that i would have reacted in the same way that these prisoners did. I would have been effected by social influence and i would conform to what the guards and other prisoners were doing. I would be scared for my life and my attitude would affect my actions throughout the experiment.
Most of the guards were upset and disappointed that the experiment was ended early because that was one of the only times that these young college men were in charge and high up in power.
They are used to being told what to do throughout their school career and with their parents. So in this situation they had total control of 9 men. They took advantage of this, even the boys that normally act proper and polite after a few days began demanding multiple push ups and degrading requests to all of the prisoners. This demonstrates the Fundamental attribution error because most of these men were positive before the experiment started that they would never degrade the prisoners, but after only a few hours they became liars.
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Well, the FAE would come into play regarding how YOU view the guards. Do you see them as mean, sadistic boys or is the behavior a result of the situation they are put in? If you answer mean and sadistic then you made the FAE.
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