Recall that in the Stanford Prison Study conducted by Haney, Banks, and Zimbardo (1973), guards became increasingly aggressive and prisoners became increasingly submissive and withdrawn, all in under a week. Results of this (aborted) study suggest that. A. social roles can take on a power all their own. B. norms in the real world are often adopted in artificial settings. C. humans are inherently aggressive and will "act out" in the appropriate situation. D. interdependence can be reduced in powerful situations.

A. social roles can take on a power all their own.

Explanation:

The Stanford prison experiment was a social psychology experiment that aimed to find out or investgate the psychological effects of perceived power. The experiment was conducted focusing on the struggle between prisoners and prison officers. The experiment was simulated(using college students as participants in a prison environment)and was terminated on the 6th day as a result of maltreatment of prisoners. Prisoners faced anxiety when faced with extreme power and maltreatment from prison guards

a punishment or the threat of punishment used to enforce conformity. enforcement of norms or shared rules of conduct that tell people how to act in specific situations. social control. not everyone internalizes all of society's norms, and some people must be motivated by self-fulfillment.