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100 words of personal notes briefly summarize the implications of Zimbardo's work on the power of social roles. Zimbardo's work exemplifies the eminent power of social roles to me quite clearly. For example, this experiment reiterated clearly how social roles can impact behavior. The power dynamics that are embodied in a social role, as in the experiment's case of prisoners versus guards definitely affected how one behaved in terms of ethical or unethical ways. The case strongly denotes how cognitive dissonance theory and the influence of seniority and authority can further encourage or dissuade our actions.

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