Participants who were randomly assigned to be guards in the Stanford prison study engaged in all of the following behaviors during the study EXCEPT ______.

A. they took away time for the prisoners to read or talk
B. they forced prisoners to skip meals and took away their bedding
C. they locked prisoners up in a storage closet
D. contributed to the death of several prisoners


Answer: D

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