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Stanford Prison Experiment. Explain the experiment and the effects of social roles and rules. Provide a seperate example to illustrate the effects of social roles and rules.

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Posted by 4ren6 1214 days and 20 hours ago.

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Yes, were you still requesting me 4ren6 to take this question? Provide a little better detail as to what your needing. Also, if your wanting me to work on the other 3 quetsions. Thanks.

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Reply to 4ren6's Post: I need an example to illustrate the effects of social roles and rules. Plus I neeed to explain the Stanford Prison Experiment and the effects of social roles and rules pertaining to that experiment.

The only other question I still need answered is Choose one antipsychotic medication and one Antidepressive medication. For each of them describe in detail how the medication works. What are the expected positive effects? What is a possible negatie side effect?

Posted by 4ren6 1214 days and 20 hours ago.

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I will work that one for you also. Is there a deadline and can you go in and request me for that question as well.

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Reply to 4ren6's Post: My deadline is July 29th and I will request you for both. Thanks Paula

Posted by 4ren6 1214 days and 20 hours ago.

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Will be working on them for you and you do have a double post on this particular question. Just curious as to how you requested me. Have I assisted you before.

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Reply to 4ren6's Post: Yes you have assisted me before. You really helped me the last time. I see though that they have Emily 27 as requested for the medication posting so just help me with the Stanford Prison Experiment. I don't know how I got Emily 27 but that's okay. Thanks Paula

Posted by 4ren6 1214 days and 20 hours ago.

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That will be fine and if she should refer me over to that question I can take it. So I am working two of your 4 questions then correct.

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Reply to 4ren6's Post: Correct and Thank You!   Paula

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Ok. Will be posting later today as I am working on these. Thanks for asking for me.

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Reply to 4ren6's Post: Your welcome. Emily27 is listed for the antisychotic and antidepressive medication but my question on Pick one mental disorder and describe the 4 etiological approaches that explain the possible causes of that disorder is still waiting for help. Could yu, would you help me with this question? Thanks again Paula

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Reply to 4ren6's Post: I wish to ask for 4ren6      to assist me with the question Pick one mental disorder and describe the 4 etiological approaches that explain the possible causes of that disorder.
Thanks Paula

Posted by 4ren6 1214 days and 17 hours ago.

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Ok we got it all taken care of. See my last post on closing out the one duplicate with little communication.

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The Standford Prison Experiment was an experiment on the Psychological response to humans in captivity. Specifically being in prison and the imposed social rules on behavior and how it affected them.

Social roles and rules of the prison were the same as any normal prison life. They included Wardens, guards and prisoner's. Social rules and roles of both the "prison guards" and "prisoners" were soon in total disarray.

Due to the social rules and behavior it was shown that the subordinate behavior and sadistic treatment of the guards forced many of the prisoner's to either submit to the behavior, breakdown emotionally or cause a total revolt of the conditions and situation. Certain conditions were set out by the team to intentionally disorientate,depersonalize, and individualize the prisoners. It appears this was indeed the cause of many of the experiments problems and cause to conclude early.

Hierarchy within this experiment on both the prisoner and guard positions were evident and the cause of many of the internal working problems and conditions.

Guards and prisoners soon gained the upper-hand on each other and control of the conditions and daily living was maintained by this hierarchy. Most prisoners would not submit to the abusiveness of the guards and other inmates. Some simply fell apart and had severe emotional reactions to the situations at hand.

A real life comparison of this would be the Prison at Alcatraz.

Situations that occurred during the experiment were all too common in Alcatraz. This population of inmates showed the same aspect of Social Rules and Roles. Each of the prison guards as well as the inmates had also acquired the same exact hierarchy within the system that played out on the every day life of both guard and prisoner. Several escape attempts and several major revolts from prisoners were made. Guard corruption was rampant. Alcatraz was shut down in the mid Sixties due to Investigations exposing conditions and treatment of prisoners. These conditions and treatment were controlled by the Social Rules and Roles from within the walls and few on the outside knew of the horrible treatment and behavior from both guards and prisoners.



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