NAME DATE CLASS Readings and Case Studies Activity cont. networks Sociological Research Methods Directions: Using information from the reading, answer the following questions. 1. Identifying In order to avoid deception, ethical standards today require volunteers or human subjects to be informed of any potential risks and benefits of participating in experiments. What preliminary precautions were taken in Zimbardo's prison experiment? 2. Synthesizing According to current ethics standards in sociological research, why is Zimbardo's historic experiment considered an unethical experiment today? 3. Analyzing What common characteristics and contexts are shared between Zimbardo's prison experiment and the Abu Ghraib scandal that would explain both the experiment volunteers' and the soldiers' behaviors? 4. Making Decisions While some who study the Stanford Prison Experiment believe nothing useful was learned from it, Phil Zimbardo argues that the experiment revealed important and interesting things about human nature, Do you believe the experiment was important? Why or why not? Sociology and You