The Stanford Prison Experiment demonstrated the powerful influence of:

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The Stanford Prison Experiment involved college students taking on the roles of prisoners and guards in a simulated prison environment. The study revealed that once people assume situational roles, they tend to conform to the implied social rules and norms associated with those roles. This demonstrated the powerful influence of situational roles and conformity. Participants were not explicitly ordered or directly pressured to obey authority figures, which rules out option A. The bystander effect and the just-world hypothesis were not factors in the experiment, so options B and D are also incorrect.

The Stanford Prison Experiment Demonstrated the Powerful Influence Of