The Stanford Prison Experiment

Do you think the Stanford Prison Experiment was ethical? Why or why not?

After reading about the experiment and watching the interview with Dr. Zimbardo I believe the study was ethical, but barely.  According to the doctor these students were paid and everyone was informed of the potential seriousness of the study. I think some people may consider the study unethical because of its unintended outcome. I don't think anyone expected a rebellion of the prisoners and their reaction of the guards because of this.  I think it was right for the study to end after the third day, any longer and I would consider this experiment unethical.

Week One Blog Entry: Introductions

Hi everyone! My name is Mike Finley. I'm currently pursuing the IT degree at NVCC while working full-time as a network engineer for an engineering firm in Chantilly, VA. I plan to transfer to GMU to work on my B.S. in Information Technology next spring.

This semester I’m keeping busy with my job and five online classes at NVCC. I’m taking SOC200 for two reasons. First, to obviously fill a social science elective and secondly Sociology has been a curiosity of mine for awhile now as well as psychology, which may be my next social science elective.

Other than working full-time and taking classes I still find time to get a good workout at the gym at least four days a week. I also enjoy playing with my 4 year old lab/beagle mix Sydney.

Some of my personal favorites:

　

Food:

Hamburgers

Steak

General Tso's Chicken

Tacos

　

Music:

New Found Glory

The Starting Line

Fall Out Boy

2Pac

　

TV:

How I Met Your Mother

Storage Wars

Raising Hope

All of the Sunday animation shows on Fox