The Student Guards in Zimbardo's Stanford Prison Experiment Behaved the Way

question 30

Multiple Choice

The student guards in Zimbardo's Stanford Prison Experiment behaved the way they did because:

• A) they believed the "inmates" had actually committed crimes and deserved punishment.
• B) they experienced the Lucifer effect,in which they were affected by social surroundings and cultural expectations.
• C) they were simply following orders from a legitimate authority figure,who in this case was their professor.
• D) they were malnourished.

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Definitions:

Unnatural Death

A death resulting from external causes such as accidents, homicide, or suicide, contrasting with natural causes like disease or aging.

Persistent Vegetative State

A condition of severe brain injury in which a person loses their cognitive functions and awareness of the environment but retains wakefulness cycles.

Cerebral Hemispheres

The two halves of the brain, each of which has distinct functions and is connected by the corpus callosum allowing for communication between them.

Reflexively

In a manner that involves or denotes an action performed as a reflex, without conscious thought, or as a response to oneself.