SOCIAL-PSYCHOLOGICAL EXP OF AGG : DEINDIVIDUATION Flashcards
what is the social-psychological exp of aggression about?
deindividuation
what is deindividuation?
a psychological state where an individual loses personal identity, takes on one of social group, free from constraints of social norms
what 4 things must we remember for social-psych exp of agg?
crowd behaviour
deindividuation
role of self awareness
research by Dodd
who studied crowd behaviour?
LeBon
LeBon found that an individual…
individual is easily identifiable, behaviour due to constraints from social norms and aggressions is discouraged
LeBon found that in a crowd…
people lose their constraints and their self-identity responsibility
in a crowd, LeBon says people have no regard for what?
no regard for social norms and laws
how is responsibility shared in crowd behaviour?
through the crowd and minimised guilt
what 3 researchers must we remember for deindividuation leading to agg?
Zimbardo
Dixon and Mahendran
what did Zimbardo identify?
the individuated and deindividuated state
according to Zimbardo, what happens in the individuated state?
rational and normative
according to Zimbardo, what happens in the deindividuated state?
emotional, impulsive, anti-normative and disinhibited
live for the moment with no self-awareness
what did Dixon and Mahendran say about anonymity?
‘anonymity shares crowd behaviour’
people have no fear if retaliate because individuals are small and unidentifiable
who studied the role of self-awareness?
Prentice-Dunn and Rogers
what 2 types of self awareness leads to deindividuation?
lack of private self awareness
lack of public self awareness
what is public self awareness?
don’t pay attention to own feelings
less critical, thoughtful and ealuative
what is public self awareness?
don’t care about other judging you
anonymous so behaviour goes unjudged
less accountability for agg action
what did Dodd study?
229 psych students ‘ do anything without accountability’
3 raters don’t know hypothesis categorise responses of anti-social behaviour
what did Dodd find?
36% of responses were anti-social
26% criminal acts
Minority murder, rape or assassination
9% pro-social e.g. helping others
what does Dodd’s study show?
link between anonymity, deindividuation and agg
