After a riot, several people were arrested. One asked, "How can you single me out of the crowd?" Another said, "Wow, I didn’t th
ink I would get caught!" These comments reveal that the rioters had most likely been experiencing _________.a. groupthink.b. deindividuation.c. social loafing.d. group polarization.
<em>After a riot, several people were arrested. One asked, "How can you single me out of the crowd?" Another said, "Wow, I didn’t think I would get caught!" These comments reveal that the rioters had most likely been experiencing </em><em>b. deindividuation.</em>
Explanation:
In social psychology, <em><u>deindividuation</u></em> is a phenomenon in which individuals engage in certain disinhibited actions as a consequence of the loss of self-awareness and the fact they believe they cannot be personally and isolated identified within a crowd or a massive group, such as the individidual quoted before.
In the poem the writer uses words that make the flowers sound alive. Wide-eyed gazing into the distance, waiting for the 3 o'clock train. The flowers seem to be more alive this way rather than if you were to describe only their physical attributes.
