Question

What is the main point of the stanford prison experiment? social roles are powerful determinants of human behavior students cannot be relied upon to act appropriately students cannot be trusted in roles of authority zimbardo was an unethical researcher?

Answer 1

The correct choice is "social roles are powerful determinants of human behavior".

The central idea of the Stanford Prison Experiment was that people tend to give in and change their behavior according to the given situation instead of relying in their own personal liking or behavior. The main idea was to understand the results and effects of a given role on an individual.A psychologist Philip Zimbardo was the man behind the experiment in 1971 who received immense criticism for his experiment later.