What Was the Outcome of the Classic Prison Simulation Done

question 12

Multiple Choice

What was the outcome of the classic prison simulation done by Zimbardo and his associates?

• A) Without being told to do so, students playing the role of guards behaved sadistically toward the students in the role of prisoners.
• B) When upper-class students were put in the role of prisoner, they were not abused as much as the working-class students in the same role.
• C) The students acting in the roles of both prisoners and the prisoners did not take the experiment seriously and so it was discontinued early.
• D) The findings were not significant in terms of how people adapt to roles of authority.

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