Johnson and Downing (1979) found that participants wearing nurses' uniforms delivered lower levels of shock when they were anonymous than when they were identifiable. This finding suggests that deindividuation causes people to

a. feel that the normative standards of the group do not apply to them.
b. engage in destructive behavior when they are anonymous.
c. rely more heavily on personal standards of behavior when they are anonymous.
d. act in ways that are consistent with the norms of the most salient group.


d

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