Marcos attended a protest rally in a city near him, and when some protesters began vandalizing store fronts, he joined in damaging property. When he got home, he saw news reports showing the destruction, and he was surprised that he could be a part of that. Marcos's personal values were overwhelmed by which one of these concepts?

A. Obeying an authority
B. Destructive obedience
C. Deindividuation
D. Cohesiveness


Answer: C

Psychology

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