There is a powerful scene in the classic film, To Kill a Mockingbird; Atticus Finch, a small town lawyer, is on the courthouse steps standing guard over Tom Robinson,
an African-American prisoner whom he is defending. A mob of townspeople and local farmers approaches the courthouse, demanding that Atticus turn over Robinson; they are intent on administering their own form of vigilante justice. Suddenly, Atticus's young daughter Scout steps forward. She doesn't understand what's about to happen, and begins to address people in the crowd, "Hey, Mr. Cunningham. How's your boy? I like Walter, but I haven't seen him in awhile." As Scout innocently addresses a number of individuals in the crowd, they begin to leave one by one, until the whole lynch mob is disbanded. Scout's behavior disrupts the ________ that might have led to a lynching.
a. norm of moral responsibility
b. social facilitation
c. social loafing
d. deindividuation
Answer: D
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A) less than 3%. B) 10%. C) 32%. D) 50%.
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A. have heightened well-being and social adjustment. B. experience an impairment in his social adjustment. C. cease to feel negative emotions. D. have problems in his sibling relationships.