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Question 19

In the Stanford Prison Experiment (Haney et al., 1973), participants who were pre-screened as psychologically healthy and stable rapidly adopted abusive, hostile behaviours after being randomly assigned to the role of prison guards.

With reference to the individual/situational debate, explain how Haney et al. accounted for this sudden shift in the guards' behaviour.

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