Question

After a college football team lost a key game against an arch rival, a crowd of fans ran onto the field, screaming and throwing things. The people in the crowd were otherwise law-abiding citizens. Their behavior can be explained by the principle of A. social loafing B. deindividuation C. group polarization D. scapegoating

Answer 1

b) deindividuation

Step-by-step explanation:

deindividuation is a behavioral phenomenon occurring within a group of people wherein individuals experience anonymity, which extends to a lack of accountability resulting in non-normative behavior, in this case, the crowd are throwing things on the field, because since many people are doing it, they may experience anonymity