Crowd And Collective Behaviour

Question 1

Collective behaviour

Answer 1

How people act when they’re in a group

Question 2

Social FACTORS affecting this

Answer 2

Social loafing
Deindividuation
Culture

Question 3

Social loafing

Answer 3

When you are in a group the amount of effort decreases, so, there s less output per person .
Diffusion of responsibility
If your output is recognizable there will be less social loafing
If your individual contribution is noticed, you won’t social loaf as much.

Question 4

Deindividuation

Answer 4

What happens when people lose sense of individuality
When ppl are anonymous
You lose inhibitions and sense of responsibility
This leads to anti-social behaviour

Question 5

Culture

Answer 5

Individualist cultures=independent view of themselves(see themselves as separate from others)
Collectivistic cultures= interdependent view of themselves(see themselves connected to others)

Question 6

Dispositional FACTORS affecting the behaviour

Answer 6

Personality

Morality

Question 7

Personality

Answer 7

EXTERNAL locus of control=more influenced by crowds bc they are more likely to follow behaviour of others.
Internal locus of control= less influenced by crowds as they follow their personal norms

Question 8

Morality

Answer 8

Personal beliefs about what is right/wrong

People with high moral strength are less likely to be influenced by a crowd.