Johnson and Downing (1979)found That Participants Wearing Nurses' Uniforms Delivered

question 18

Multiple Choice

Johnson and Downing (1979) found that participants wearing nurses' uniforms delivered lower levels of shock when they were anonymous than when they were identifiable.What does this finding suggest that deindividuation causes people to do?

• A) It causes them to feel that the normative standards of the group do not apply to them.
• B) It causes them to engage in destructive behaviour when they are anonymous.
• C) It causes them to rely more heavily on personal standards of behaviour when they are anonymous.
• D) It causes them to act in ways that are consistent with the norms of the most salient group.

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