Zimbardo's Simulated Prison Experiment Is Most Important Because It Demonstrates

question 41

Multiple Choice

Zimbardo's simulated prison experiment is most important because it demonstrates:

• A)that individuals can easily and rapidly assume new roles very different from their inherent personalities
• B)flaws in the Hawthorne studies
• C)the impact of cohesiveness
• D)the importance of status

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Definitions:

Ethology

The study of animal behavior under natural conditions from the point of view of adaptation.

Imprinting

A form of learning which occurs at a specific life stage and involves recognizing and following the characteristics of another individual, often the parent.

Innate Behavior

Behavior that is inherited and typical of the species; also called instinct.

Classical Conditioning

A type of learning in which an association is formed between some normal response to a stimulus and a new stimulus, after which the new stimulus elicits the response.