Effect of deindividuation on collective and crowd behaviour on pro social and anti social behaviour

Question 1

Different types of crowds and what can they show?

Answer 1

• peaceful ,destructive, unruly and joyful
  crowds can show pro - social or anti - social behaviour

Question 2

Define deindividuation

Answer 2

• Losing your identity when in a group

Question 3

aspects of deindividuation

Answer 3

• If you are not seen as an individual you are more likely to conform to the roles of the group
• Crowds magnify levels of conformity because of deindividualization
• This is why ordinary people in large groups can cause criminal damage in which they would not usually do if alone
• Same for positive behaviour

Question 4

What do other psychologists argue?

Answer 4

• when we are in a crowd, we lose our identity and form a new one
• This new identity is based on the norms of the group
• if you stay in the group for too long, you may begin to internalise the norms of the group

Question 5

Things to support these effects

Answer 5

• Football mob
• Black life matter protests

Question 6

What does Gustave Le bon explain?

Answer 6

• When people are in a group, they lose their sense of self, responsibility and morality
• Crowd behaviour works together with group mentality
• Behaviour is unconscious and driven by instinct

Question 7

What does Reicher suggest?

Answer 7

• he suggests a diff views
  -He proposes that crowds act under a common social identity