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

question 5

Multiple Choice

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

• A) the "inmates" were unruly and demanded swift and strong action.
• 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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