Stanford Prison Experiment
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- Q1How much were the participants in the Stanford Prison Experiment paid per day?$10$15$25$2030s
- Q2Who was the study conducted by?Philip ZimbardoSteven SeagalStephen KingSigmund Freud30s
- Q3Which statement best defines the concept of “ethics”?Characteristics that bring people praise and admiration.Ethics is trying to judge people by what they believe and do.Ethics is a society’s standards of conduct based on moral values and principles of its members.Ethics is the ability to tell the difference in right and wrong behavior.60s
- Q4The Stanford prison experiment involved:"prisoners" and "guards""teachers" and "students""doctors" and "patients""serial killers" and "cops"60s
- Q5The participants were middle-class ________________ students.nursingmiddle schooluniversityhigh school30s
- Q6How many students participated in the study?1822201630s
- Q7How many students remained when the experiment was shut down?5163830s
- Q8After only ______ hours some of the prisoners started to break down.3672482430s
- Q9The "guards" were not supposed topunish the "prisoners"physically harm the "prisoners"talk to the "prisoners"feed the "prisoners"30s
- Q10Guards and prisoners were chosen bypulling names from a hatflipping a coinarm wrestlingdrawing straws30s