crowd and collective behaviour

Question 1

collective behaviour?

Answer 1

actions people take when part of a group

Question 2

pro social behaviour within crowds?

Answer 2

constructive - happy and helpful - music festivals - peaceful protests for a good cause - disasters when people rush to help victims

Question 3

anti social behaviours within crowds?

Answer 3

disruptive - vandalise, riot, violence or aggression- commit antisocial behaviour as a group and not by themselves

Question 4

deindividuation - social factor?

Answer 4

in group we lose sense of socialised individual identity - who you are - responsible for choices - lose this when deindividuated - difficult to identify - identify with the group - break social norm you wouldn’t do on your own as an individual

Question 5

social loafing - social factor?

Answer 5

less effort - group task - individual contributing less is not obvious - linked to deindividuation

Question 6

social factor - culture?

Answer 6

collectivist - eastern - individualistic - western - collectivist - positive role part of the group - individualistic - your own needs and for you to succeed

Question 7

evaluation?

Answer 7

practical applications - social loafing can be used within management - everyone to work hard on team projects - understanding deindividuation can help police of reducing chance of protests and riots and understanding culture politicians organise health policies

not everyone goes along with crowd behaviour - some people work hard within groups - or would never be part of a riot - collective behaviour is a combination of social and dispositional factors

Question 8

dispositional factor-personality?

Answer 8

high internal locus of control - less likely to go along with anti social behaviour

Question 9

dispositional factor - morality?

Answer 9

right or wrong - deeply that the answer is wrong and step away from the crowd - developed through socialisation - some individuals have a stronger sense of morals - less likely to be part of anti social behaviours

Question 10

evaluation?

Answer 10

dispositional factors - explain how a peaceful protest can turn violent - commit mileage acts due to weaker sense of morality - external locus of control go along with behaviour - convergence theory - weak morals are attracted to violent crowds

morality dispositional explanation struggles to explain why people with no criminal records take part in or who are law abiding in other areas of there lives may take part in riots this could be to do with certain social factors that have an effect on the situation