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WhattoUnderstand · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

John is taking part in a student protest, marching across police lines into an important administrative building on campus. He is so wrapped up in the group mentality that he actually stops thinking about himself as an individual who is separate from the group, and fails to ask himself whether or not he is behaving responsibly. John is probably experiencing ____.

a. deindividuation
b. optimal distinctiveness
c. social facilitation
d. social loafing

Question 2

The so-called fear of success theorythe idea that many people fear being too successful at work lest they turn off potential romantic partners____.

a. has generally been discredited
b. has been proposed as an explanation for self-handicapping
c. has been supported in research with younger women (those born after 1970), but not supported in research with older women (those born before 1970)
d. has been supported in research with older women (those born before 1970), but not supported in research with younger women (those born after 1970)