Critics of the Stanford prison study argue that ________
a. the methodology was flawed, because participants were not randomly assigned to either the "prisoner" role or the "guard" role.
b. by stopping the study after six days, instead of letting it continue for the two-week experimental period, the researchers had not allowed enough time for dramatic change to occur.
c. a makeshift prison in the basement of a university building was not an effective setting to investigate the factors involved.
d. briefing the guards at the beginning of the study influenced their behavior, and the study merely showed how willingly people obey orders.
Answer: d
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