... dolls, which were intended to indicate racial preference and identification e.g. 'give me the doll that looks nice'. They then recorded the dolls chosen in total for each question and the race of the child (89 were black, 71 white). They compared this data to Clark & Clark's to see how changes in societies attitudes affects children's racial identity and preference. Zimbardo carried out a prison simulation to demonstrate that situation rather than disposition causes negative behaviour in prisons. The data collected by Zimbardo was all qualitative. The effects of imprisonment were analysed by audio and videotape observation of behaviour and dialogue, self-report questionnaires and interviews. Both guards and prisoners in the study demonstrated pathological behaviour ('pathology of power' and 'pathological prisoner syndrome') resulting in premature termination of the experiment. Thigpen & Cleckley's study was intended to describe a case study of a woman ('Eve White') whom the psychologists diagnosed with multiple-personality-disorder. ...

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