Deindividuation

Deindividuation

Nature and Process
1. Reduced self evaluation, decreased concern about evaluation by others. This leads to an increase in antisocial behaviour. More common in large crowds, when anonymity or altered state eg drugs or alcohol.
2. Social norms usually inhibit antisocial behaviour but inhibitation is removed when deindividuated. in large group, feels faceless so restraints are reduced, increasing aggression
Research
1. ZIMBADO- prisoners and guards. adopted role after 6 days
2. REHM- if uniform influenced aggression while playing sports. children in same coloured shirts more aggressive than own clothes.
3. MULLEN- analysed newspaper cuttings. more people in a mob, the more violent
4. Reduced self awareness. in large crowds, less able to self regulate behaviour
A03
1. !Kungsan
2. GENDER BIAS- androcentric. mainly conducted on males
3. ETHICS- zimbado, harrassed prisoners
A02
1. Support...
  1. ZIMBADO- women, half bags on head half name badges. all given shocks. more to those with bags, anon
  2. MANN- support from real world- in mobs, more people, more aggression. also, suicide jumpers. jumped if verbal abuse from crowd.
  3. ZIMBADO- prisoners and guards
2. However...
  1. JOHNSON AND DOWNING- rather than aggression being due to deindividuation, more likely product of group
  2. Evidence is mixed. meta analysis of 60 deindividuation studies, insifficient evidence, especially that its large groups and anon setting
  3. WATSON- tribes who changed war paint were more aggressive than those who did not

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