Prison Experiment

I thought the prison experiment was interesting when comparing the Iraq Abu Ghraib to the experiment done at Stanford. At first, I thought that the Stanford experiment was unrealistic because I thought it would be difficult for these volunteers to get in the mind set of a prisoner and guard during the scenario acted out. I was impressed and also shocked and disturbed to see the behavioral transformation of how each person reacted to the position they were set in. The extent that the guards went to was realistic but also really interesting and shocking what the human is capable of when being put in charge and feeling disguised behind a label of a "guard". While it was also very shocking how the prisoners really did have real break downs during the experiment and could not control their emotions. It proved a lot about human behavior and how we behave when put into certain situations under stress. Even though the people in the experiment knew that this was fake, under pressure they had the same reactions one would have if it was reality. They were not in control on themselves physiologically in this environment with the guards.