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Volunteers were called to participate in this study. They randomly assigned twelve people to act as guards and twelve people to act as prisoners. In this simulation, the prisoners dressed in hospital gowns which were open in the back, while the guards were dressed as prison guards. The prison guards were instructed not to physically harm the prisoners, but anything else they did to enhance their dominance was okay. Three guards controlled twelve prisoners, and the guards rotated for patrolling. Zimbardo wanted to see how quickly the guards would adapt to their role as actual prison guards and assert their authority and dominance on the prisoners. He saw that they adapted too quickly; they developed the “authoritarian personality” (pg. 231). The prison guards tormented the prisoners so much that Zimbardo had to end the experiment after one week instead of