BBC Prison Study, The

Synopsis: Alex Haslam and Steve Reicher tell the story of the largest field study in social psychology for over 30 years using original illustrative film from the BBC series. The first two sections of the DVD look at how the study was set up, especially the ethical issues, and how the participants adjusted to the stark inequality of their new surroundings. The next section, Conflict and Order, documents the growing social identity of the prisoners, the role of the individual in harnessing group identity, and the breakdown of order leading to the prisoners’ break out. The Rise and Fall of the Commune section shows the development of a new egalitarian system in the prison, its decline and beginnings of a much more authoritarian system. In the final section Haslam and Reicher provide a clear, accessible summary of the three main conclusions that came out of this extraordinary study.

In four additional sections Haslam and Reicher discuss in more detail some of the core things to emerge from the research: Social identity and its implications; The ethics of the study; Their sources of data; Comparisons with the Stanford Prison Study.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 2008
Year of production: 2008
Subjects: Psychology
Keywords: prisoners; psychology experiments; social psychology

Type: DVD
Format: Region 2 PAL
Price: £49.00 (DVD), £20.00 (1 Year Digital Licence), £49.00 (3 Year Digital Licence)
Availability: Sale
Duration/Size: 25 minutes
Year: 2014

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