In the Stanford Prison Study, What Was It That Caused

question 4

Multiple Choice

In the Stanford prison study, what was it that caused the guards to treat the prisoners harshly?

• A) the instructions given to the guards
• B) the actions of the prisoners
• C) the social context
• D) peer pressure from the other guards

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Definitions:

Columbian Exchange

The widespread transfer of plants, animals, culture, human populations, technology, diseases, and ideas between the Americas and the Old World following Columbus's voyages.

Negative Consequences

Unfavorable, harmful, or detrimental outcomes resulting from an action or decision.

Slave Trade

The historical trade of enslaved people, primarily from Africa to the Americas, conducted from the 16th to the 19th centuries, which had profound economic, social, and demographic impacts.

Treaty of Tordesillas

An agreement between Portugal and Spain, concluded in 1494, that divided the newly discovered lands outside Europe between them along a meridian 370 leagues west of the Cape Verde islands.