In the Stanford Prison study, participants were randomly given the role of guard or prisoner. The guards wore uniforms and controlled the prison rules, and the prisoners wore smocks with ID numbers.
Explain the behaviour of the participants using your knowledge of social roles.
28 exam-style questions on Edexcel GCSE Psychology 5.3 Issues and debates, covering 5.3.1 Social and cultural issues in psychology. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.