They found that in some people, this activity was reduced when the subjects participated in a competition as part of a group, compared with when they competed as individuals.
Those people were more likely to harm their competitors than people who did not
exhibit this decreased brain activity.
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Explanation:

Researchers find that being in a group makes some people lose touch with their personal moral beliefs. When people get together in groups, unusual things can happen -- both good and bad. Groups create important social institutions that an individual could not achieve alone, but there can be a darker side to such alliances: Belonging to a group makes people more likely to harm others outside the group.

a)scientists

explanation:

the national defense education act had two main goals. the first one was to provide personal that was oriented to defense, including scholars, engineering students and so on. the other goal was to provide financial assistance for the students who would be enrolling at colleges and universities in the 1960s.

b) the confederacy had to pay all union war expenses.