... physical and mental health history and any criminal history, the participants picked were thought by Zimbardo to be the most stable. The participants selected were each given fully informed consent forms they had to sign and also contracts (that had been drawn up with legal advice) stating that a daily payment of fifteen dollars would be paid for performing various tasks and work related activities associated within the operation of the prison. Zimbardo then had to split the participants into two groups, half would be prisoners who were then given as set of rules they had to comply with or they were punished, an example of these rules were: Prisoners must always address the guards as "Mr correctional officer" and the warden as "Mr Chief correctional officer,"(Zimbardo August 1971) the other participants would be guards and both parties were given uniforms relevant to the roles they would identify in the experiment. On ...

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