Stanford University's Simulated Prison Experiment Had to Be Halted After

question 64

True/False

Stanford University's simulated prison experiment had to be halted after six days because the roles the students were playing had become too realistic and destructive for those involved.

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Extra Benefit

The additional advantage or utility gained from consuming one more unit of a good or service.

Specific Product

A distinct good or service that is identifiable and distinct from others due to unique characteristics or features.

Increasing Marginal Opportunity Costs

The principle that as production of a good expands, the opportunity cost of producing an additional unit rises.

Discrimination

The practice of according individuals or groups inferior treatment in hiring, occupational access, education and training, promotion, wage rates, or working conditions even though they have the same abilities, education, skills, and work experience as other workers.