In Haney et al.’s (1973) study of prison simulation, the researchers observed that psychologically healthy participants randomly assigned to the role of guards quickly exhibited hostile, abusive, and dehumanising behaviour towards the prisoners.
How did Haney et al. explain this aggressive behaviour of the guards?
276 exam-style questions on OCR A Level Psychology Debates, covering Nature/nurture, Freewill/determinism, Reductionism/holism, Individual/situational explanations, Usefulness of research, Ethical considerations, Conducting socially sensitive research, and Psychology as a science. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.