Regarding the Stanford Prison Study, Which of the Following Statements

question 61

Multiple Choice

Regarding the Stanford Prison study, which of the following statements is FALSE?

• A) Philip Zimbardo conducted the Stanford Prison study in which he paid normal healthy male college students to serve as "inmates" and "guards" in a simulated prison.
• B) The students were selected to play the roles of "prisoners" and "guards" based on personality profiles.
• C) The ascribed social roles of "prisoner" and "guard" were so powerful that in just a few days the experiment became "reality" for those involved.
• D) After six days, the experiment had to be halted.

Comprehend the development and impact of implicit leadership and followership theories.

Discern the distinction between formal and informal leadership and their origins.

Grasp the role of social construction and identity construction in leadership processes.

Identify the characteristics of leader-member exchange (LMX) theory and its impact on organizational outcomes.

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