PART A: What does the word "deindividuation" mean as it is used in paragraph 7?

A. The process of adopting someone into a group.

B. The process of physically torturing a person to make them feel inferior.

C. The process of making someone feel uncomfortable and ashamed.

D. The process of stripping someone of their identity.

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Owen Roberts

7 September, 23:41

PART A: What does the word "deindividuation" mean as it is used in paragraph 7?

A. The process of adopting someone into a group.

B. The process of physically torturing a person to make them feel inferior.

C. The process of making someone feel uncomfortable and ashamed.

D. The process of stripping someone of their identity.

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Colby Tanner · Answer 1

D. The process of stripping someone of their identity.

Explanation:

The term individual comes from Latin word "individuus" meaning indivisible or inseparable. In English, today, it means one, single, separate object or a person.

So, in analogy to this, deindividuation is a term meaning losing oneself's identity and individual characteristics to a group.

The participants in this Stanford Prison Experiment lost all of their individual traits; they gained characteristics of the group they belonged to (prisoners or guards) and acted in the way it was expected of them, not the way they would normally do.