Psychological Theories Flashcards
Deindividuation - AO1
Based on classic crowd theory by Gustav Le Bon
3 most imp. factors - anonymity, group size, diffused responsibility
Zimbardo believed -
Sensory overload, altered state of consciousness, novel/unstructured situations, level of arousal
Deiner - self awareness - crowds block this
Prentice Dunn & Rogers - private/public self awareness diff
Deindividuation AO2
Zimbardo Postmess & Spears Watson RWA Gender biased Rehm Env. Reductionist
Z - 4 fem pps instructed to shock - cond 1 introduced, large name tags, cond 2 hoods, no name - shocked 2x as long
P&S - meta analysis of 60 studies - anon most imp in influencing agg beh
Rehm - 11 year olds - in uniform more agg BUT only for boys
Watson RWA - warriors from 23 cultures - those who concealed identity more agg
Reductionist - other factors been shown to have impact eg genes
Social Learning Theory AO1 Bandura
Proposed in 60s as TVs invented and worried about what this may trigger
Modelling Imitation Reinforcement Reciprocal determinism Observation Retention Vicarious reinforcement Identification Motivation
SLT AO2
Bobo doll Bandura Rocky/Johnny Rizolatti Behav reductionist Ethics
Bono doll - 36/36 - g1 exposed to violent adult hitting doll, g2 exposed to playing nicely, control G3 exposed to nothing - children banned from playing with toy then taken to room full of toys - g1 imitated specific acts g2/3 little
Rocky/Johnny -
Johnny doesn’t let R play - when R attacks J he is rewarded and gets toys - children who watched this were later observed to be violent in their own play
Rizolatti - mirror neurons - biological basis - become active when we see meaningful action - we can feel what others feel - if we can understand pleasure at winning we may imitate
Behav reductionist - testosterone proven to impact - can’t develop medicines etc
Ethics - unethical to test knowing children may replicate to hard to test out and prove scientific credibility
