Write an essay on the Stanford Prison Study

This assignment relates to the Stanford Prison Study, which was discussed in Chapter 3.  Locate information on the Stanford Prison Experiment website (http://www.prisonexp.org/setting-up). Watch the slide show.  Write an essay in which you answer each of the following:

• In your own words, describe the experiment.   

• What type of experimental, quasi-experimental, or nonexperimental design was used?  Explain. 

• What were the findings of the experiment?  Do you find them to be valid?  Are the findings generalizable?  Explain.

• Did the Stanford Prison Experiment violate any ethical issues in experimental research?  Explain.