Question

1. multiple choice: which quotation from the text best supports the answer to question 4?

a. \thats what we want to believe — that we could never be a bad apple, zimbardo said.\ (paragraph 17)
b. \the abu ghraib soldiers mental state... coupled with no supervision, no training, and no accountability — may have further contributed to their evil actions\ (paragraph 18)
c. \i argue situational forces dominate most of us at various times in our lives, zimbardo said\ (paragraph 19)
d. \wed all like to believe were each that singular hero who can resist those powerful external pressures, like joe darby, the whistle-blowing hero of the abu ghraib prison.\ (paragraph 19)

Explanation:

To solve this, we need to assume the answer to question 4 (likely about situational forces influencing behavior, given Zimbardo's work on the Stanford Prison Experiment and Abu Ghraib). Let's analyze each option:

• Option A: Talks about people believing they can’t be “bad apples” – this is about self - perception, not supporting a claim about situational influences.
• Option B: Discusses the soldiers’ mental state and lack of supervision/training/accountability contributing to actions. While it’s about factors, it’s more about specific conditions of Abu Ghraib, not a general argument about situational forces dominating.
• Option C: Zimbardo says “situational forces dominate most of us at various times” – this directly argues that external/situational factors have a strong influence, which would support a claim about situational forces (matching what’s likely question 4’s topic).
• Option D: Talks about people wanting to believe they’re heroes who resist pressure (mentions Joe Darby), which is about idealized self - perception, not supporting situational dominance.

Answer:

C. "I argue situational forces dominate most of us at various times in our lives," Zimbardo said" (Paragraph 19)