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No, an experiment should not be set up to prove a hypothesis, it should be set up to test a hypothesis. In one the hypothesis is falsifiable, and in the other
by enkid 5y ago
No, an experiment should not be set up to prove a hypothesis, it should be set up to test a hypothesis. In one the hypothesis is falsifiable, and in the other it's not.
- 99_00 5y agoIf people didn't act the way the experimenter expected wouldn't that disprove their hypothesis in this case?
- enkid 5y agoNo, because people did behave differently than he expected, and he coached them to behave in line with his expectations. He wasn't a neutral observer, he was a guiding force and the superintendent of the pretend prison. This is what I mean when I say it wasn't an experiment.