Tim is a nice, quiet boy, except when he roams the streets as a member of a gang. While with the gang, Tim acts in a violent, vulgar fashion. His antisocial behavior is likely the result of:

A. social facilitation
B. social inhibition
C. deindividuation
D. infusion


Answer: C

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