Background: You have just received an urgent message from the FBI, who desperately need your help! For this assignment, pretend you are Social Psychologist who specializes in obedience, group behavior, and conformity. After their initial investigation of a research experiment gone awry, the FBI has hired you for your expertise. They have asked you to present your expert analysis of the experiment, hoping the information you share will help them prevent similar situations in the future. You will prepare a thorough PowerPoint Presentation to their team of agents, explaining how and why the experiment proceeded as it did.
For this assignment, you will be analyzing Zimbardo’s Stanford Prison Study. Prepare an 8-10-slide PowerPoint presentation (including a title slide and reference slide). An effective presentation will include the topics outlined on each slide, with the detailed written explanation in the speaker notes area below (with supportive citation). Images may be used as a supplement to your written content. Thoroughly address the following prompts:
Provide a 200-word minimum summary of Stanford Prison Study. Identify the goal of the study, research methods, population used, etc.
Identify and explain at least three examples of implicit expectations in the study (address both conformity and social roles).
Identify and explain at least three examples of explicit expectations in the study (address both compliance and obedience).
Assess the role of deindividuation, disinhibition, and anonymity in the participants’ behavior.
In what ways did the group affect individuals’ behavior? In what ways did individuals affect the group’s behavior?
Offer examples of cognitive dissonance in the study, and explain how it played a role in participants’ experience in the study.
Discuss how this study is different than other major studies conducted on obedience (i.e., Asch conformity study, Milgrim experiment). Identify for your audience the major ethical concerns as a result of this study.
Review the Topic 4 resources to assist in completing this assignment.
Supportive APA citations should be used within your PowerPoint slides, and a full APA reference list should be included on the final slide of your presentation.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
