One Criticism of Zimbardo's Stanford Prison Experiment Is That Participants

question 137

Multiple Choice

One criticism of Zimbardo's Stanford Prison Experiment is that participants may have experienced ___________________ to behave according to their assigned roles as prisoners or guards.

• A)deindividuation
• B)demand characteristics
• C)confirmation bias
• D)obedience

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Trade-Off

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