What was the goal of Zimbardo's Stanford Prison Experiment? To discover what prisoners did to make guards hate them To understan
d what caused guards to treat prisoners badly To find out why guards are sadistic and cruel people To uncover how to make prisons more fair environments
To understand what caused guards to treat prisoners badly
Explanation:
Zimbardo's Stanford Prison Experiment was conducted by the psychologist Philip Zimbardo in 1971. The experiment intended towards understanding the behavior and attitudes of the people according to the roles that they play. The social roles played by the people intends towards shaping the personalities of the people. In the experiment, male college students participated voluntarily. They were randomly assigned the role of either a guard or a prisoner. It was observed that the roles they were assigned with started to highlight in their behaviors. The attire, the residing place and the designation curved their personalities.
