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Recruitment Bias in the Stanford Prison Experiment

A significant criticism of the Stanford Prison Experiment is the potential for recruitment bias. The method used to attract participants may have inadvertently selected for individuals with certain personality traits, which could have influenced the study's outcome rather than the situation itself.

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