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Haney, Banks and Zimbardo (prison simulation)
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... Psychology Essay - Sampling Haney, Banks and Zimbardo (prison simulation) i) The method of selecting the sample for the prison simulation study was very extensive - it began very simply, with a newspaper advert offering $15 a day to take part in a psychological study on 'prison life', and progressed from there. 75 potential subjects responded to the ad, and of these, 22 were finally selected to take part in the study. They were made to complete an extensive questionnaire, designed to find out about their family background, physical and mental health history, and their experiences with and attitude towards psychopathological tendencies (including any criminal history). Every respondent was also interviewed by one of the experimenters. The final selection were chosen because they appeared to the experimenters to be the most mature and mentally and physically stable, and the least likely to become involved in antisocial behaviour. Therefore, they were chosen on














