nal connections and social connections they lost respect for one another. There are some reasons that people voluntarily become prisoners. “Some people choose to remain prisoners so that we do not have to be responsible for our actions.” (Zimbardo p.375) I agree with this statement, because it somewhat relates to the workforce in America. Some people get paid in commission, or how much work they accomplish, and others get paid by the hour. In some cases, the people that get paid by the hour wish to not have a lot of actions to be responsible for, and choose to get told what to do, rather than figure it out themselves. In conclusion, the mind can actually keep people in jail. This happens because people get so associated with what is going on inside, such as escape plans, how horrible the food is, tactics to convince specific guards with to get a cigarette, permission to use the bathroom, or some other favor, that they forget about what happens outside. They forget about what the past was like, and what the future could be, but instead focus on the situation at hand. This proves that people don’t have to be physically in jail to be mentally confined. In my opinion, I think that this experiment was very unjust. I think this because the environment wasn’t properly set. In the prison there were no windows, and other environmental factors, and the guards were not trained properly. Since the guards were picked at random, and had the same expertise as the prisoners had regarding punishment. Therefore, the prisoners were not treated properly, adding to the environmental defects. Finally, I think that this experiment could be perfected if true inmates, guards, and prisons were used. Bibliography Zimbardo, Philip K. “The Stanford Prison Experiment.” Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum. 7th Edition. Laurence Behrens and Leonard J. Rosen. New York: Longman, 2000. 363 - 375 Word Count: 895 ...
