Why did Zimbardo and his collaborators (1982) have to terminate their Stanford Prison Study?
Correct answer: C. The prisoners increasingly showed signs of individual and group disintegration
- A. The participants were not conforming to their roles
- B. The guards were not prepared to harass, humiliate and intimidate the prisoners
- C. The prisoners increasingly showed signs of individual and group disintegration
- D. The experiment was set in a real prison with real prisoners, which raised a fierce human rights debate
Explanation
The study was stopped when the prisoners showed serious psychological distress and individual and group disintegration. The guards were increasingly enforcing their roles rather than failing to do so.
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