Deindividuation

Question 1

what is deindividuation ?

Answer 1

the loss of a persons sense of identity and individuality , this can happen in two ways the first becoming part of the crowd and second identifying to a particular role.

Question 2

what is the process of deindividuation ?

Answer 2

social norms inhibit anti social behaviour,
inhibitions removed when deindividuated,
conditions that increase anonymity weaken barriers to anti social behaviour.

Question 3

zimbardo’s experiment ?

Answer 3

aim - was to test the idea of deindividuation and its link to aggression .
-the participants where female undergraduate who where put into two conditions. Zimbardo found that the group which had been deindividuated where more likely to shock the actors.

Question 4

strengths ?

Answer 4

lab environment so can be replicated and variables controlled.

Question 5

weaknesses?

Answer 5

sample cannot be generalised because it was all undergraduate women.

• lacks ecological validity
• unethical

Question 6

evaluation?

Answer 6

• prentice and Dunn found that deindividuation could lead to prosocial or antisocial behaviour depending on the situation.
• postmes and spears- found that disinhibition and anti social behaviour are not common in large groups and anuonymous setting.

Question 7

IDA ?

Answer 7

gender bias - Cannavale found that male and female groups responded differently under deindividuation .