Losing Control - Week 6_2

Question 1

Which is unlikely to lead to a deindividuated state:

Answer 1

Being Alone ; bc to deindivuate you are influneced by the behavior of others

Question 2

Deindividuation def:

Answer 2

You lose your sense of individuality and self-awareness. Conform to the behavior of others. You are part of a group and are not your individual self.

ex. Everyone is jumping up and down at a concert, and you do the same

Question 3

In the Halloween study on deindividuation and transgression, kids were most likely
to transgress (steal candy) when they were:

Answer 3

Made to feel anonymous and were in a group ; anonymity leads to loss of self awareness

Question 4

Is Deindividuation good or bad?

Answer 4

Sometimes good and sometimes bad;

can lead to bad things (increased taboo language, inflicting pain, and transgression)
But can also lead to good things (sense of belonging with group, cohesion, flow)
It all depends on the context!!

Question 5

When we feel deindividuated, we are more likely to experience:

Answer 5

• Time-distortion
• Dionysian state
• “flow”

deindividuation does to our minds -> mimizes self awarenss, concern for social evaluation, time distortion, No subject-object dichotomy

Question 6

Time distortion

Answer 6

Only focus on the NOW, not the past or the future

Question 7

Dionysian State

Answer 7

having an irrational behavior

Question 8

Flow

Answer 8

• complete immersion
• No Self-evaluation
• Positive experience/state
• In control without control
• Automaticities match behavioral demands

Question 9

Why does physiological arousal and sensory overload increase the likelihood of deindividuation?

Answer 9

They minimize self-observation

Question 10

Why does taking drugs also lead to deindividuation?

Answer 10

It causes an altered state of mind. Lack of sleep can also do this

Question 11

What are some behavioral effects of de-individuation?

Answer 11

• Uninhibited/impulsive behavior
• Behavior not guided by “generalized other”
• Behavior of nearby others is contagious
• Reduced memory for actions (bc you’re living in the moment)

Question 12

Phil Zimbardo (1969) on what conditions cause deindivduation?

Answer 12

• Anonymity
• Lack of accountability
• Arousal
• Sensory overload
• Large groups
• Altered state of consciousness

^ all combined will make you not be yourself, your so individuated that you lose yourself

Question 13

Deindividuation and Taboos Study - Singer, Brush & Lublin (1965)

Answer 13

When deindividuated (ex. no names given) VS individuated (gave name) people are more likely to discuss the definition of pornography, give ppl more shocks, kids stole candy in groups

Question 14

Deindividuation in the Dark - Gergen, Gergen & Barton (1973)

Answer 14

• Tested what ppl were really thinking when in a dark room
• Being in the dark prompted people to give in to “bad” behaviors than they would if they were in a room with light

Question 15

Self as impulse vs. self as institution - Turner (1976)

Answer 15

Asks if we are defined by our impulses, ability of control ect. and how they relate to either a Dionysian or Apollonian state.