Often, and especially in large lecture classes, the instructor will ask a question of the class that is met with the sound of crickets. No one seems to want to answer the question - even if it is a very easy question or an opinion question with no right or wrong answer. It almost seems as though all the students in the room are waiting for someone else to answer the question.The tendency to feel a student to feel that others should answer the question is an example of ___________

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