Factors influencing antisocial behaviour Flashcards
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Factors
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Audience inhibition
Cost benefit analysis
Diffusion of responsibility
Group think
Social influence
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Audience inhibition
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Failure to intervene in an emergency in the presence of others due to fear of being negatively judged.
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Cost benefit analysis
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The psychological process of weighing up the benefit of performing a behaviour, with the potential cost of the behaviour.
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Diffusion of responisbility
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A reduction in personal responsibility when in a group, resulting in the individual being less likely to act.
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Groupthink
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Group members conform to make unanimous decisions without using critical reasoning. (Heavens gate)
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Social influence
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real or implied presence of people influences the behaviour and attitudes of others.
