Critics of the Stanford Prison Study Argue That

question 55

Multiple Choice

Critics of the Stanford prison study argue that

• A)the methodology was flawed because participants were not randomly assigned to either the prisoner condition or the guard condition.
• B)by stopping the study after six days instead of letting it continue for the two-week experimental period,the researchers had not allowed enough time for dramatic change to occur.
• C)a makeshift prison in the basement of a university building is not an effective setting to investigate the factors involved.
• D)briefing the guards at the beginning of the study influenced their behavior,and the study merely showed how willingly people obey orders.

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