The Environment in the BBC Prison Study Was Intended

question 35

Multiple Choice

The environment in the BBC Prison Study was intended:

• A)To replicate the Stanford Prison Experiment
• B)To replicate a prison
• C)To create an equal society
• D)To create an unequal society
• E)To cause the participants maximum stress

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Definitions:

Behavioral Change

Refers to the process of transforming or modifying human behaviors, often aimed at adopting more desirable or healthful habits, through various psychological and intervention strategies.

Reinforcements

In behaviorism, any event that strengthens or increases the likelihood of a behavior being repeated, which can be positive (adding a desirable stimulus) or negative (removing an aversive stimulus).

Extinction

In behavioral psychology, a process by which a conditioned response decreases or disappears as a result of repeated exposure to the conditioned stimulus without the unconditioned stimulus.

Reinforcer

Any stimulus that strengthens or increases the probability of a specific response or behavior by being delivered as a consequence of that response or behavior.