Vladimir, a basketball novice, makes about 60 percent of his free throws when practicing alone. However, when playing with his friends, he only makes about 30 percent of his free throws. This decrease is most likely the result of

a. social facilitation.
b. deindividuation.
c. group polarization.
d. social security.


a

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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

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To qualify for a diagnosis of fetishistic disorder, an individual's attraction to objects or body parts must be recurrent, intense, and have lasted at least

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