"It's No One's Fault When It's Everyone's Fault"

(a)   is when people feel less responsible for something because they are part of a group. It makes them feel like everyone else is to blame.

• Diffused Responsibility
• Deindividuation

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Someone is (a)   when their identity is unknown.

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What is the central idea of the article?

• People have a large influence over others when they are in a group.

• One can avoid a group’s influence by staying aware of who they are.

• People lose a sense of who they are as individuals when they are in a group.

• One can look to group behavior for the cause of some of the worst atrocities in history.

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In paragraph 7, how does the discussion of firing squads add to the reader’s understanding of deindividuation?

• by illustrating the difficulty of making moral choices when influenced by diffused responsibility

• by giving an example of how diffused responsibility affects people’s feelings about their actions

• by providing a counterargument to the idea that deindividuation enables bad behavior

• by demonstrating people’s ability to resist deindividuation if they wish to

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Each person is unique and has the chance to show their (a)   .

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(a)   is when people are part of a group and loose their sense of self. The group identity begins to take over their own identity.

• Deindividuation
• Diffused Responsibility

Which quotation from the text best explains why deindividuation affects a person’s ability to tell right from wrong?

• “The crowd surged forward through the door, moving in human waves, crashing against the doors like the ocean hits rocks.” (Paragraph 1)

• “Today, if you were to ask any of those fans whether a good spot to see their favorite band was worth a human life, it’s likely they would say no.” (Paragraph 2)

• “There are pro-social forms of deindividuation, like losing your inhibitions when dancing amongst a crowd or being part of a crowd caught up in suddenly looking for a missing child or pet.” (Paragraph 8)

• “The larger the group, the more anonymous a person is, and the less responsible they feel for the group action.” (Paragraph 10)

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Draw an image to represent either DEINDIVIDUATION or DIFFUSED RESPONSIBILITY.