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Griggs, Richard A.; Bartels, Jared M. – Psychology Teaching Review, 2019
Although the Stanford Prison Experiment (SPE) has been challenged on methodological, theoretical, and ethical grounds, these criticisms have been largely ignored by teachers and textbook authors. Recent revelations arising from an analysis of the SPE archival materials, however, not only strongly support these past criticisms but also question the…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Science Process Skills, Scientific Methodology
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Bartels, Jared M.; Milovich, Marilyn M.; Moussier, Sabrina – Teaching of Psychology, 2016
The present study examined the coverage of Stanford prison experiment (SPE), including criticisms of the study, in introductory psychology courses through an online survey of introductory psychology instructors (N = 117). Results largely paralleled those of the recently published textbook analyses with ethical issues garnering the most coverage,…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Psychology, Online Surveys, Social Science Research
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Bartels, Jared M. – Psychology Learning and Teaching, 2015
The present content analysis examines the coverage of theoretical and methodological problems with the Stanford prison experiment (SPE) in a sample of introductory psychology textbooks. Categories included the interpretation and replication of the study, variance in guard behavior, participant selection bias, the presence of demand characteristics…
Descriptors: Textbook Content, Introductory Courses, Content Analysis, Institutionalized Persons