Philip Zimbardo's Stanford Prison Experiment included a consent form,which every research subject signed.In what way did informed consent make it more difficult to identify an emerging ethical problem?
A)Research subjects knew that they could be assigned a prisoner role.When,then,did the suffering and humiliation of being a prisoner become too much?
B)Research subjects all expected to be guards,not prisoners.Why,then,were some research subjects assigned roles to which they did not consent?
C)Research subjects understood that they could be assaulted.Why,then,would any degree of assault be unethical,if people had signed up for it?
D)Research subjects did not realize they consented to have their own criminal records used as part of the experiment.At what point was their privacy breached?

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Informed consent may have made it difficult to identify an emerging ethical problem in Zimbardo's Stanford Prison Experiment because research subjects knew that they could be assigned a prisoner role, but it was unclear at what point the suffering and humiliation of being a prisoner became too much. Participants may have felt pressure to continue with the experiment despite experiencing distress because they had already agreed to participate.

Philip Zimbardo's Stanford Prison Experiment Included a Consent Form,which Every