Critics of the Prison Study Argue That

question 56

Multiple Choice

Critics of the prison study argue that:

• A) a make-shift prison in the basement of a university building is not an effective setting to investigate the factors involved.
• B) the participants had watched television shows and movies that provided script information about how guards and prisoners are supposed to behave.
• C) by stopping the study after six days instead of letting it continue for the two-week experimental period, the researchers had not allowed enough time for dramatic change to occur.
• D) the methodology was flawed because participants were not randomly assigned to either the prisoner condition or the guard condition.

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