Role Playing

 When we role played in class, this experiment changed mine and many others behaviors and attitudes. I had the prom queen role and sat by the popular girl. I felt higher up then some of the other students in class. Some people had lower roles and I could tell their attitudes and behaviors had changed throughout the couple of days because they felt unwanted or disrespected. My attitude shifted to being very laid back but more important because I was the prom queen and friends with the popular girl. There wasn't a drastic change in myself, there was more in my classmates which made me feel what they were feeling also.

The video on role playing was about the Stanford Prison Study.This experiment was at Standford University and it was a simulation for a prison experience in role playing. 24 normal college boys were selected in this experiment. Human behavior is developed through situations. The role playing became so powerful that the prisoners and guards got so tuned into the role that they acted different and changed. The guards felt more powerful and controlling in their actions and attitudes towards the prisoners then I thought they would've been. I thought though that the prisoners changed the most though because some became a little crazy and felt upset with a mix of feelings. Some prisoners obeyed and some raged out. They were punished for nothing and had to become their role which changed their thinking and feelings. I also think after their experiment they felt out of touch with reality for awhile but got their normal behaviors back later on.