In the Stanford Prison Study,why Did the Researchers End the Study

question 81

Essay

In the Stanford prison study,why did the researchers end the study at Day 6,instead of Day 14 as initially planned?

Recognize the contingencies that can affect an individual's power within an organization.

Identify strategies to increase individual power through networking and visibility.

Distinguish between sources and forms of influence in organizations.

Analyze how the shift from industrial to knowledge-based economies affects power dynamics.

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Definitions:

Stimulant

A substance that increases physiological or nervous activity in the body.

Stimulus Discrimination

The ability to distinguish between different stimuli, even if they are similar, based on learned responses.

Extinction

In psychology, the gradual weakening of a conditioned response when the reinforcement is no longer provided.

Stimulus Generalization

A psychological phenomenon in which a response that has been conditioned for one stimulus is evoked by another, similar stimulus.