The reduction in personal identity and erosion of the sense of personal responsibility when one is part of a group is known as

A. deindividuation.
B. the false consensus effect.
C. social contagion.
D. the self-serving bias.


Answer: A

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a. treatments for sexual disorders, substance abuse, and anxiety in the 1920s and 1930s. b. the development of experimental neuroses. c. a move away from evaluating treatment effectiveness. d. a belief that psychological problems were biological, rather than learned.

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A. disorganized-disoriented. B. ambivalent. C. avoidant. D. securely attached.

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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