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Question 3

During the BBC Prison Study conducted by Reicher and Haslam (2006), the behavior of both the 'guards' and 'prisoners' was recorded daily by film crews for a public television broadcast.

Explain why this specific aspect of the study's design represents a methodological weakness.

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  1. A Level
  2. /Psychology
  3. /Studies

30 exam-style questions on Edexcel A Level Psychology Studies, covering Classic study: Robbers Cave (Sherif), Contemporary study: Burger (replicating Milgram), Contemporary study: Reicher and Haslam, and Contemporary study: Cohrs et al.. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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