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Title of Coursework: Critically evaluate the ethical precautions incorporated into the Stanford Prison Experiment The Stanford Prison Experiment was conducted by psychologists Haney, Banks, and Zimbardo in the year of 1973. It was designed to examine the social, clinical and organisational consequences of assigning certain individuals to different status groups over an extended period of time. During this time, a number of experimental manipulations were attempted to promote anonymity, depersonalization, and dehumanization amongst the subjects (Warwick Organizational Behaviour Staff 2001). A mock prison was fabricated in the basement of the psychology department at Standford University where emotionally stable individuals were selected to act as 'guards' or 'prisoners' in a prison simulation. A distinct margin was formed between the roles of the 'guard' and the 'prisoner' and the interaction between the groups quickly assumed a negative tone. Due to "unexpected reactions" (Maxfield & Babbie 2005) which involved "severe emotional disturbance", and "uncontrollable...

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