TEACHSOC: Re: Human Behavior Experiments Documentary

[Jan Buhrmann]

John and Others:   I watched some of the documentary last night that aired on Court TV, and Zimbardo clarified that the 'graduate student' was actually his girlfriend at the time, and a recent graduate of Stanford.  She was interviewed in this documentary, as well, and noted that after seeing his response of "isn't this interesting," she seriously questioned if she wanted to continue to have anything to do with him - if that was who he really was.  In this interview, Zimbardo went on to add that this response from her was what got him to stop short, question himself, and finally end the experiment.    - Jan Buhrmann ========================== Jan Buhrmann, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Sociology Illinois College E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: 217-245-3877 "Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions that differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions." -- Albert Einstein From: teachsoc@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Glass Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 9:48 AM To: <teachsoc Subject: TEACHSOC: Human Behavior Experiments Documentary RE: Zimbardo's lack of judgement...   I can't recall in which video it is (Quiet Rage or another one), but Zimbardo talks about how he got too much into his role as Prison Adminstrator. I use it as an example of how powerful structure can be — here is a Ph.D. at Stanford, who gets so immersed in his role in an experiment, that he forgets his more important role, that of ethical researcher.   i'm sure that you know the history of why he stopped, but for those who don't, just briefly. he was watching tape of the experiment (it was all video-taped) with a graduate assistant and he was commenting how well the experiment was going, "isn't this fascinating" kind-of-thing and his assistant said, "you're hurting those boys" and he said that's when he realized that he had to stop and that he had gotten too far into his role.   fascinating, indeed.   john   John E. Glass, Ph.D. Professor of Sociology Division of Social & Behavioral Sciences Colin County Community College Preston Ridge Campus 9700 Wade Boulevard Frisco, TX 75035 +1-972-377-1622 http://iws.ccccd.edu/jglass/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]   "We are more concerned about the discovery of knowledge than with its dissemination" B. F. Skinner --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Teaching Sociology" group. To post to this group, send email to teachsoc@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/teachsoc -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---