Question

the stanford prison experiment immediately came under attack on methodological and ethical grounds. zimbardo admitted that during the experiment he had sometimes felt more like a prison superintendent than a research psychologist. later on, he claimed that the experiments \social forces and environmental contingencies\ had led the guards to behave badly.

using the excerpt above, one can infer that the 1971 stanford prison experiment was....
○ ethical, since the experiment immediately came under attack from other researchers.
○ ethical, since it took place at an accredited university, which was stanford university.
○ unethical, since the human rights of the test subjects were violated, making zimbardo admit his research went too far.
○ unethical, since the guards behaved well. the prisoners and guards worked together to accomplish the same goal.

Explanation:

The excerpt states the experiment was criticized on ethical grounds, and Zimbardo acknowledged he acted more like a prison superintendent than a researcher, indicating ethical failures. The correct option aligns with this by linking the ethical violation to Zimbardo's admission of overstepping, while other options contradict the text.

Answer:

Unethical, since the human rights of the test subjects were violated, making Zimbardo admit his research went too far.