Critics of the prison study argue that:
A)the methodology was flawed because participants were not randomly assigned to either the prisoner condition or the guard condition.
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 is not an effective setting to investigate the factors involved.
D)the participants had watched television shows and movies which provided script information about how guards and prisoners are supposed to behave.

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The Answer of Critics of the prison study argue that:
A)the methodology was flawed because participants were not randomly assigned to either the prisoner condition or the guard condition.
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 is not an effective setting to investigate the factors involved.
D)the participants had watched television shows and movies which provided script information about how guards and prisoners are supposed to behave.

Critics of the Prison Study Argue That