An eagerness to believe that victims of a natural disaster are being punished by God for their sins best illustrates a potential consequence of:
Correct answer: D. the just-world phenomenon
- A. deindividuation
- B. the mere exposure effect
- C. the bystander effect
- D. the just-world phenomenon
Explanation
The just-world phenomenon is the belief that people get what they deserve, so victims may be blamed for supposedly causing their own misfortune. The other effects concern group anonymity, repeated exposure, and failure to help, not moral explanations of suffering.
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