Crowd & Collective Behaviors

Question 1

Antisocial Behavior

Answer 1

when people do not act in socially acceptable ways or consider the rights of others

Question 2

Collective Behavior

Answer 2

the way in which people act when they are part of a group

Question 3

Social Loafing

Answer 3

putting less effort into doing something when you are with others doing the same thing

Question 4

Deindividuation

Answer 4

the state of losing our sense of individuality and becoming less aware of our own responsibility for our actions

Question 5

Culture

Answer 5

The social norms within a culture can affect collective behavior. For example social loafing does not seem to occur in all societies such as China which is a collectivist country. This means that it is difficult to assume that collective behavior will be the same in all cultures

Question 6

Personality

Answer 6

Some people have internal locus of control while others have an external locus of control. ‘Internals’ are people who believe that they can control the things that happen to them, while ‘externals’ attribute the things that happen to them to factors that are out of their control.

Question 7

Morality

Answer 7

Whether people behave in pro or antisocial ways in collective situations also depends on an individual’s morality. This is their sense of what is right and what is wrong.