How do the social psychology concepts of conformity and the power of the social situation that we are studying this week relate to what happened during the brief period of time that the prison study ran. where in the description of how the study unfolded did we see evidence of these concepts?

It was unethical to conduct to conduct a study the way and manner Zimbardo had conducted the study. This is because there are clear violations of the students rights.

Explanation:

Students who were not prisoners in real sense was forced to be one. They were forced to the very harsh conditions prisoners has to go through; wearing of prison uniforms, there were been waked up at the middle of the night, the living conditions were exactly synonymous with prison conditions and it was not right at all to treat students in such a manner.

the fourth amendment protects:

"the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."  

so this would mean the denial to search and seizure without warrant or permission.