An Evaluation of the Haney, Banks and Zimbardo 1973 study

Evaluation Study: Haney, banks and Zimbardo (1973) A study of prisoners and guards in a simulated prison Key issues/Theme : Ethics Ecological validity Usefulness Issues/Theme 1: Ethics The ethical objections to this study may be founded for the participants were subjected to excessive amounts of stress and anxiety. Which some of the subjects started to exhibit in the form of physiological complaints for example one participant got a rash due to the high levels of stress. …

…to do). Also it can have some useful applications to soldiers in the event of capture e.g. How to sustain such abuse by authority figures. But other than these fairly specialist uses, do not make the study entirely useful. In fact the practical applications of this study are few and far between and it can be argued if the study had any truly useful results at all. (That could not be taken from observation)