According to the Text, What Group Process May Have Contributed

question 100

Multiple Choice

According to the text, what group process may have contributed to Airborne officers' participation in the 1993 beating death of a Somali boy?

• A) social facilitation
• B) the free-rider effect
• C) deindividuation
• D) social loafing

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Definitions:

Recall

The act of retrieving information or memories from the past without the aid of external cues.

Direct Experience

Knowledge or skill acquisition resulting from active participation or firsthand involvement in events or activities.

Vicarious Reinforcement

involves learning new behaviors or attitudes through observing the consequences of those behaviors for someone else, rather than experiencing them directly.

Halo Effect

The cognitive bias where one's overall impression of a person or situation influences judgments about their specific traits.