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6. Prisoners were arrested...

  • Late Saturday night
  • Early Sunday morning
  • On a weekday
  • Sunday evening
  • Friday night

7. They were searched, de-loused, dressed in smock uniforms and referred to by numbers

  • True
  • False

8. Within _____ the prisoners rebelled

  • 36 hours
  • 2 days
  • 5 days
  • 1 day
  • 5 hours

9. By ripping off their clothes

  • False
  • True

10. The guards responded by locking them in their cells and...

  • Ignoring them
  • Confiscating their blankets
  • Shouting abuse at them
  • Depriving them of food

11. The punishments escalated. Prisoners were deprived of sleep, humiliated and made to carry out roll-call at night

  • True
  • False

12. 1 prisoner...

  • Left
  • Went on a hunger strike
  • Became unconscious
  • Didn't speak

13. The prisoners rapidly became depressed

  • True
  • False

14. The experiment, which was meant to last for 2 weeks, was called off after 6 days

  • True
  • False

15. We can conclude that the environment around us has power to influence conformity

  • True
  • False

16. However, this study is...

  • Too vague
  • Judgemental
  • Biased
  • Too short

17. What ethical issue is also present?

  • Informed consent
  • Protection from harm
  • Deception