Erik likes to spend time in a Facebook group devoted to a specific hobby. He looks for ways to irritate other members, posting inflammatory comments and "trolling" the group. He does so because he knows that nobody will ever really identify him, since he uses a fake name online. The fact that he can reduce a sense of personal responsibility by hiding his identity is what social psychologists call __________.
A. deindividuation
B. anonymity
C. social impairment
D. social facilitation
Answer: A
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a. Longitudinal Study b. quasi-experiment c. Experience Sampling Method d. naturalistic observation
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A. glowing B. damning C. admissible D. Both A and B
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a. are very much like Brigid. b. are strikingly different from Brigid. c. only "come out" when there is no stress in the environment. d. are very much like one another.