The Stanford Prison Study done by Philip Zimbardo,discuss how Zimbardo's findings apply to similar real-life events happening today. Be sure to find and present examples

The Stanford Prison Study done by Philip Zimbardo in my opinion is a real life experiment that used every day occurrences to provide research for present conditions with the prisons systems. The study of people has raises many vital questions about the ethical concerns for sociological research. Even though those questions did arise at that time the research found is still relevant in today's society. All one has to do is to turn on the …

…their comfortable zone and just not being nice. The guard in the study found themselves looking at the inmates as cattle, nothing more noting less. They were just toys for amusement. Some people would get offended by that but the fact is, that is what had happened. If the roles were reversed that the same thing may have happened again. Macionis, John J. (2005) Sociology, Tenth Edition, Pearson Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458 CBSNews.com