Mob Mentality

What is the most effective revision to make in sentence 2?

• South Source talked with Tamara Avant, Psychology program director at South University-Savannah, to learn more about the psychology involved with mob behaviors.

• SouSouth Source talked with Tamara Avant to learn more about the psychology involved with mob behaviors, Psychology program director at South University- Savannah.

• Psychology program director at South University-Savannah, South Source talked with Tamara Avant.

• No revision is needed in sentence 2.

What is the most effective way to combine sentences 7 and 8?

• Groups can generate a sense of emotional excitement, this can lead to the provocation of behaviors that a person would not typically engage in if alone.

• Groups can generate a sense of emotional excitement; leading to the provocation of behaviors that a person would not typically engage in if alone.

• Groups can generate a sense of emotional excitement, which can lead to the provocation of behaviors that a person would not typically engage in if alone.

• Groups can generate a sense of emotional excitement that this can lead to the provocation of behaviors that a person would not typically engage in if alone.

Sentence 11 lacks clarity. What is the best way to improve this sentence?

• Change some behaviors to them

• Change They seem to The group seems

• Change otherwise to at a different kind of event

• Change would not be to can never be

South Source would like to add a sentence to help transition from a claim to an example that supports it. Which of the following could South Source add after

sentence 12?

• Anonymity means the condition of being anonymous; while engaged in mob mentality, individuals seem to lose their sense of self.

• These characteristics can either exist together or separately in any given situation.

• First, many people believe they cannot be held responsible for violent behavior when part of a mob because they perceive the violent action as the group’s rather than their own behavior.

• Psychology that contributes to the development of a mob mentality is very interesting and should be studied in order to be fully understood.

South Source realizes that they should have added the following sentence to the sixth paragraph (sentences 18-20).

Adolescents who share antisocial tendencies and lack close family

bonds are more likely to search for social identity in gangs.

Where is the most effective place to insert this sentence?

• After sentence 18

• After sentence 19

• After sentence 20

• The sentence is not needed in the paragraph.