Week Two - The Standford Prison Experiment

"What happens when you put good people in an evil place?
Does humanity win over evil, or does evil triumph?"


I believe that the Standford Prison Experiment was ethical. The psychologist did not know that this was how the experiment would turn out. Because of how the prisons acted and the guards reacted, the experiment was ended early. If the psychologist knew that this was how normal, everyday people would react in this type of situation like this and they still conducted the experiment, then it would be unethical.
I was surprised, though, that they altered the environment and the look of the jail just to mislead the parents and visitors.
     "The next day, we held a visiting hour for parents and friends. We were worried that when the parents saw the state of our jail, they might insist on taking their sons home. To counter this, we manipulated both the situation and the visitors by making the prison environment seem pleasant and benign. We washed, shaved, and groomed the prisoners, had them clean and polish their cells, fed them a big dinner, played music on the intercom, and even had an attractive former Stanford cheerleader, Susie Phillips, greet the visitors at our registration desk."


I believe that this is how any prison experiment would turn out. It's done every day in prisons all over the U.S. and in other countries. If it was any different, I would be surprised.

Week One

Hi, my name is Lacey and I'm a going into my second year at NoVa. I'm taking Sociology 200 because it was one of the options for my major. My major is Liberal Arts with a certificate in American Sign Language Interpretation. My language is Sign Language and I will be taking my ASL 5 this summer. I want to be an interpreter for the government and I thought Sociology would help me understand how and why people act and react the way that they do. Interpreters sometimes have to deal with clients that unhappy with their bosses or other people in general. 


After NoVa, I would like to transfer to either Univeristy of Virginia or Virginia Tech. UVa has a Sign Language program and V-Tech accepts Sign Language as a language (most colleges in Virginia do not.)


In my free time I read a lot of different books, usually non-fiction but I read art books and nature books as well. I do watch T.V. and I watch Community, Fringe, 30 Rock, Parks and Recreation, and Freaks and Geeks. I listen to a lot of Indie music and my favorite band is Voxtrot and my favorite singer is Ellie Goulding. 


On the weekends I practice songs with my friend Nate (I sing and he plays the guitar) and we go to different open mics during the week.


I drive a 1996 Buick Century, that has a busted bumper. It is my baby, but I'm am looking for a new car. Preferably I would like a 1989 Buick Electra that is a manual transmission, but I need to save a little money and find one that is in better shape the one down the street. For now, I shall drive my beat-up old Buick.


That is pretty much all about me. :)