SOCIAL-PSYCH EXP OF AGG : DEINDIVIDUATION EVAL

Question 1

what are 4 evaluation points for social-psych exp for agg?

Answer 1

+ research support
+ real life application
- deindividuation doesn’t always lead to agg
- deindividuation doesn’t just lead to aggression

Question 2

there is _______ ______ for deindividuation

Answer 2

research support

Question 3

who conducted research support for deindividuation?

Answer 3

Douglas and McGarty

Question 4

what did Douglas and McGarty look at?

Answer 4

aggressive online behaviour in chat rooms and instant messaging

Question 5

Douglas and McGarty found a _____ ___________ …..

Answer 5

strong correlation between anonymity and ‘flaming’

Question 6

what is ‘flaming’?

Answer 6

sending/posting threatening msgs

Question 7

Douglas and McGarty found that most agg msgs were made by?

Answer 7

those who chose to hide their real identities

Question 8

what does Douglas and McGarty’s research suggest a link between?

Answer 8

anonymity, deindividuation and agg behaviour

link to real life due to ‘trolling’

Question 9

research support for deindividuation increases…

Answer 9

credibility of explanation

increases internal validity can see how agg behaviour links to anonymity

Question 10

there is ____ ____ _________ for social-psych exp of agg

Answer 10

real life application

Question 11

how can deindividuation theory have real life application?

Answer 11

understand aggressive behaviour in gaming services e.g. xbox live

Question 12

what does xbox live promote?

Answer 12

psychological state of deindividuation

Question 13

there is a reduction of what in online gaming services?

Answer 13

personal identity as people have ‘handles’ to identify themselves, in a crowd through online audience

Question 14

what does the real-life application of social-psych exp increase?

Answer 14

external application of deindividuation as there is a real-world link to online gaming

Question 15

there is a lack of what for social-psych exp?

Answer 15

lack of support as deindividuation doesn’t always lead to aggression

Question 16

who found deindividuation doesn’t always lead to aggression?

Answer 16

Gergen et al

Question 17

what did Gergen et al do

Answer 17

selected groups of 8 ppts all strangers

dark room for 1 hour do whatever they wanted with no rules, no identifiability

Question 18

what did ppts do in Gergen et al’s study?

Answer 18

kissing and touching each other intimately

Question 19

what did Gergen et al find when participants were told they would see each other after the hour of darkness?

Answer 19

touching and kissing reduced dramatically

Question 20

Gergen et al’s research decreases the ______ validity of deindividuation

Answer 20

internal validity because it shows how aggression was not one of the behaviours that deindividuation led to

Question 21

another weakness of deindividuation is that…

Answer 21

deindividuation doesn’t only lead to aggression and can lead to pro-socialk behaviour

Question 22

who conducted research into pro-social behaviour?

Answer 22

Johnson and Downing

Question 23

what did Johnson and Downing do?

Answer 23

females had to give fake electric shocks to confed

Question 24

what were the 3 conditions of Johnson and Downing’s experiment?

Answer 24

1. KKK with marks on their face
2. Nurses
3. own clothes

Question 25

what were the results of Johnson and Scott’s study?

Answer 25

KKK ppts gave more frequent and more intense shocks, whereas nurses gave fewer and lower
nurses more compassionate towards victim shows pro-social role

Question 26

what does Johnson and Scott’s study affect?

Answer 26

the internal validity decreased as aggression and pro-social behaviour are outcomes of deindividuation