5-2 Activity: Person-Situation Debate

PSY 328 Module Five Activity Template

First, read the Shapiro Library articles, Psychologist Stanley Milgram Begins Obedience-to-Authority Experiments , Stanford Prison Experiment , and Moving Personality Beyond the Person-Situation Debate . Next, complete this template by replacing the bracketed text with the relevant information. Your responses should each be about 2 to 5 sentences in length.

· Analyzing Psychological Experiments

· Describe the major takeaways from the Milgram experiments.

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· Describe the major takeaways from the Stanford prison experiment.

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· Describe the ethical implications of these experiments.

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· Implications of the Person-Situation Debate

· Describe examples of behaviors that highlight trait-based stability in the workplace or school.

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· Describe examples of behaviors that highlight personality states in the workplace or school.

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· Explain how your perspectives on your interactions with others might be impacted by the person-situation debate.

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· In Module Three, you were asked the extent to which you thought personality could change over time. Explain whether your response to that question has changed or stayed the same as a result of studying the person-situation debate.

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