The 2004 Abu Ghraib Prisoner Abuse Scandal Brought New Relevance

question 15

True/False

The 2004 Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal brought new relevance to the prison experiments conducted using college students in the 1970s.

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Definitions:

Personality

The combination of characteristics or qualities that form an individual's distinctive character.

Cognitive Psychologists

Scientists who study mental processes such as perception, memory, thought, and problem-solving.

Hopeless

A state of despair in which an individual perceives little or no possibility of overcoming a situation, often associated with depression.

Rumination

The compulsive focused attention on the symptoms of one's distress, and on its possible causes and consequences, as opposed to its solutions.