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.

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