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‘The Experiment’: The BBC Prison Study

‘The Experiment’: The BBC Prison Study. Haslam, A. & Reicher, S. (2006). Rethinking the psychology of tyranny: The BBC prison study. British Journal of Social Psychology, 45, 1-40. The BBC Prison Study: Key Themes/Elements. Background - Studies on intergroup behaviour:

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‘The Experiment’: The BBC Prison Study

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  1. ‘The Experiment’: The BBC Prison Study Haslam, A. & Reicher, S. (2006). Rethinking the psychology of tyranny: The BBC prison study. British Journal of Social Psychology, 45, 1-40.

  2. The BBC Prison Study: Key Themes/Elements • Background - Studies on intergroup behaviour: • Adorno et al.’s (1950) authoritarian personality • Sherif’s (1966) realistic conflict theory • Tajfel’s (1981) minimal group experiments • Zimbardo’s (1973) Stanford prison ‘experiment’ • Social identity theory (Tajfel & Turner, 1981) • Key processes: • Group identification  Categorisation and homogeneity • Group norms  Power • Social identity  Role • Personal Identity  Impermeability • Deindividuation  Tyranny

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