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Bryon Likes to Spend Time in a Facebook Group Devoted

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Bryon likes to spend time in a Facebook group devoted to a specific hobby. He looks for ways to irritate other members, posting inflammatory comments and "trolling" the group. He does so because he knows that nobody will ever really identify him, since he uses a fake name online. The fact that he can reduce a sense of personal responsibility by hiding his identity is what social psychologists call ________.


A) deindividuation
B) anonymity
C) social impairment
D) social facilitation

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