Recall That in the Stanford Prison Study Conducted by Haney

question 193

Multiple Choice

Recall that in the Stanford Prison Study conducted by Haney, Banks, and Zimbardo (1973) , guards became increasingly aggressive and prisoners became increasingly submissive and withdrawn, all in under a week. Results of this (aborted) study suggest that __________.

• A) social roles can take on a power all their own
• B) norms in the real world are often adopted in artificial settings
• C) humans are inherently aggressive and will "act out" in the appropriate situation
• D) interdependence can be reduced in powerful situations

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