The textbook suggests that the Stanford Prison Experiment (Haney, Banks, & Zimbardo, 1973) and systematic prisoner abuse at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq are similar because guards in both situations experienced _____________________.

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Both situations involved guards experiencing deindividuation, where individuals in a group lose self-awareness and a sense of individuality, leading to behavior that is inconsistent with their personal norms.

The Textbook Suggests That the Stanford Prison Experiment (Haney, Banks