What police procedures are used during arrests, and how do these procedures lead people to feel confused, fearful, and dehumanized?
Police take people out of their environments and forcibly take them to unfamiliar and more uncomfortable locations. Police don't talk very much, only saying what is exactly necessary in the situation. People are pushed up against a car, so they can't see what is happening to them and they have no way to escape. Handcuffs are also placed on them.
People could feel confused because there is not much communication between themselves and the police.
They could feel fearful because they have no control over the situation and because they are being removed from their homes.
They could feel dehumanized because of both the lack of communication and the harsh treatment.
After the study, how do you think the prisoners and guards felt when they saw each other in the same civilian clothes again and saw their prison reconverted to a basement laboratory hallway?
The prisoners probably felt confused, and maybe they even ashamed of themselves. Seeing everything go back to normal would remind them that the whole thing had only been an experiment, and that all of the pain, humiliation, and suffering they had been through was all just a set up. They would be reminded that they did in fact have control in the situation and could have left at anytime. I think it could also make them angry, they were miss treated for no reason. They would also probably feel relieved that it was all over.
The guards who had been cruel probably felt horrified with themselves. They had become terrible people. When the prisoners were dressed in the same clothes the guards were, the guards would be reminded that the prisoners were no different than they were. They had miss treated normal people, not animals.
Some of the guards might feel angry because their power and authority had been taken away.
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