The Student Guards in Zimbardo's Stanford Prison Experiment Behaved the Way

Multiple Choice

The student guards in Zimbardo's Stanford Prison Experiment behaved the way they did because:

A) the "inmates" were unruly and demanded swift and strong action.
B) they experienced the Lucifer effect, in which they were affected by social surroundings and cultural expectations.
C) they were simply following orders from a legitimate authority figure, who in this case was their professor.
D) they were malnourished.