M2A1 Assignment: Critical Thinking Questions: Zimbardo and Miligram
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By the end of this activity, you will be able to:
• List and describe the basic steps for conducting scientific research, and know and discuss the research methods that sociologists use and the strengths and limitations of each.
• Summarize the core concepts of sociology and recognize and explain the “sociological imagination” when viewing social phenomena and your own life.
View the Zimbardo Stanford Prison experiment:
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0jYx8nwjFQ
Watch Derren Brown reenactment of the Milgram experiments:
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6GxIuljT3w&feature=related
As you complete this activity, think about the following:
• Where do we draw the line between ethical and unethical research?
• How can sociological research help us to better understand the world around us?
The Stanford Prison Experiment The Stanford prison experiment is a fairly well-known sociology study. Please go through the experiment slide show online at http://www.prisonexp.org/and answer the following questions. The slide show provides a number of video and audio clips that you may want to check out for additional information. Due to the nature of the experiment, you may want to avoid listening or watching these in the presence of small children.

After viewing the slide show, please respond to the following critical thinking questions. Please know that each of these questions should require at least a full paragraph response and that you are expected to bring in details and specific references to the videos and slideshow. Please be sure to list and number each question.
1. If you were the experimenter in charge, would you have done this study? Would you have terminated it earlier? Would you have