de individualisation

Question 1

de individualisation

Answer 1

zimbardo

• ppl lose personal identity/ responsibility for own behaviour when they join crowds

crowds= responsibility shard = so no longer feel personally responsible as its shared amongst everyone else

Question 2

anonymity

Answer 2

being unrecognizable diminishes personal consequence as fear of punishment .

increase anonymity by = be apart of a large group, darkness/ uniform

anonymity = reduces inner restraints = increases behaviours that are usually inhibited

people usually stop themselves from acting aggressively because social norms are against their behaviour and bc they’re easily identifiable

Question 2

zimbardo

Answer 2

• de individualised ppts = more severe shocks on learner than ppts who were identifiable
• deindivualised = bulky lab coats, no name tag,
  individualised = normal clothes, had name tags, were introduced to each other

shows that-
anonymity = increases aggression

Question 3

dodd

Answer 3

• asked psych students ‘if u could do anything humanely possible with complete reassurance that you wouldn’t be detected// held responsible what would u do’
• 36% of responses involved anti social behaviour
  9% were prosocial

shows link between anonymity and aggressive behaviour

Question 4

ao3 Dodd strength

Answer 4

p- baiting crowd is a real world example of de individualisation

e- mann, analysed 21 times of suicide leaps, found in 10 in 21 cases where a crowd had gathered, baiting had occurred

e- baiting usually happened at night, where crowd was large, some distance from the jumper

l- features likely to happen in de individualised state, shows that de individualisation does happen in real world

Question 5

ao3 strength chat rooms

Answer 5

p- more support for de indiv

e- Douglas and McCarty , found strong correlation= from anonymity + posting threatening messages in chat rooms

e- most aggressive messages = sent by ppl who hid real identities

l- link beween anonymity/deindivialisation and aggressive behaviour

Question 6

ao3 negative contradicting evidence

Answer 6

p- contradicting evidence

e- Gergen et al , strangers put in dark room started kissing + touching each other

e- repeated , ppts told that they would be face to face with each other, kissing reduced

l- despite anonymity = creating conditions for de indivualsation , no aggression was recorded

Question 7

ao3 support war/ anthropological

Answer 7

p- anthropological support for it

e- Watson , looked at extent which warriors in 23 societies changed their appearance before going to war and the extent which they killed/ tortured victims

e- found that warriors who changed their appearance the most= most destructive towards victims compared to those who didnt change appearance

l- supports idea that = anonymity inducing a de induvalisaed state = leads to aggression