Quiet Rage: Stanford Prison Study..

I've heard about this experiment in my AP English class, my senior year in high school.. I do not remember exactly what the lesson was but I do remember that is had relation to how people behaved when they were given power. The teacher mentioned that college students were chosen to play the role of guards and prisoners; when given power over the other students the, students in charge (guards) treated the other students (prisoners) inferior and sadistically. 
Coming to college and having to watch this video as part  of my lesson I found it to be very interesting how these people were brought from natural environment, with little to no psychological differences and no criminal history, but portrayed this experiment as well as they did. I have never personally had any negative experience with the law, but I do know people who have and they have told me about there experiences and what I saw in this experiment was very similar to the stories I have heard.
In chapter two  it is  explained that experiments are one of the variety of research methods that sociology uses to understand the relationship of individuals and groups to society. In this experiment the goal was to study the behavioral consequence of becoming a prisoner or prison guard. In the beginning the experiment was conducted just as chapter explains; as the experiment goes on it become unethical, with the way the "prisoners" are treated.
I found it interesting the way the experiment guards became sadistic like real prison guards would and that the experiment prisoners would become hysterical and feel that had they stayed longer they would leave the experiment filled with hate, like some prisoners would when leaving a real correctional facility. This experiment became real and all the test subjects including the conducting psychologist became involved in the experiment as if it were a real thing and no one realized the situation was unethical until they were told by a graduate student that came to observe the experiment. The experiment was successful although unethical the goal; of studying the behavioral consequences of becoming a prisoner or prison guard, that was intended when the experiment begun was acquired through the reactions and treatments of the prisoners and prison guards.

Signed; The Outlook Blogger.