Eddie is wearing a silly ape suit at a costume party. Although he is normally responsible and respectful, Eddie joins in when the party starts getting wild. After the police break up the gathering, he apologetically tells them that he "forgot himself." What phenomenon does this illustrate?
a. the just-world hypothesis
b. diffusion of responsibility
c. deindividuation
d. groupthink
Answer: deindividuation
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