Zimbardo's Stanford Prison Study, in Which Participants Acting as Guards

question 163

Multiple Choice

Zimbardo's Stanford Prison Study, in which participants acting as guards began to abuse other participants who were role-playing as prisoners, could not be replicated today, because it caused too much:

• A) physical and legal harm.
• B) psychological and financial harm.
• C) physical and psychological harm.
• D) legal and economic harm.

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Definitions:

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