Question

Although Frieda is typically very reserved, as part of a huge rock concert crowd,she lost her inhibitions and behaved in a very sexually provocative way. Frieda's unusual behavior is best understood in terms of:

a) the bystander effect.
b) social facilitation.
c) deindividuation.
d) the mere exposure effect.

Answer 1

c) deindividuation.

Step-by-step explanation:

Deindividuation: In social psychology, the concept of deindividuation is defined as an individual's loss or mislaying of self-awareness in specific groups and this often leads to resistance.

Example: A person who is experiencing deindividuation is often involved in groups like gangs, cults, etc.

According to the psychologists, not all kind of deindividuation or people experiencing it is considered as a bad or unwanted thing.