In a Test of the Deindividuation Hypothesis Carried Out by Festinger

question 32

Multiple Choice

In a test of the deindividuation hypothesis carried out by Festinger, in which experimental participants were asked to talk about their parents in a group discussion:

• A) more positive comments were forthcoming when they were dressed in gray lab coats and seated in a dimly lit room, because they would otherwise have been embarrassed about praising mom and dad
• B) more negative comments were forthcoming when everyone sat in their street clothes in a brightly lit room
• C) although students initially said positive things about their parents, their comments became more and more hostile as a result of the interstimulation
• D) anonymity or lack of anonymity had no effect on the negativity of their comments
• E) more negative comments were forthcoming when they were dressed in gray lab coats and seated in a dimly lit room

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