Consider the Following Anti-Social Acts: European Soccer Fans Sometimes Attack

question 72

Multiple Choice

Consider the following anti-social acts: European soccer fans sometimes attack and bludgeon players and other fans,in the U.S.mobs of whites would lynch African-Americans,and in Canada a young man was beaten to death by a group of disguised youths.What do these situations have in common?

• A) They reflect mass actions caused by relative deprivation.
• B) They demonstrate the tragedies sometimes caused by anonymity.
• C) They represent the downside of social facilitation.
• D) They reflect extreme examples of social loafing.
• E) They represent an unexpected hazard of group cohesion.

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