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- De-individuation
- Le Bon's Crowd Theory
- Change when part of a crowd; through anonymity, suggestibility and contagion. Collectivist mindset takes possession of the individual
- Reduced responsibility when part of a crowd. They are "faceless" and so can't be held accountable for their actions
- People abandon their "social" and "moral" norms. As these are usually inhibited by negative evaluation by others. When faceless, this stops the evaluation.
- Larger the group is, the greater feelings of anonymity.
- POINT: Crowd's can lead to a person becoming De-individualized
- Support; Mann et al Suicide Jumpers
- 10/21 cases, baiting had occurred, where they were urging the suicider to jump
- Support; Mullen et al
- Archival analysis to determine whether lynch mob killings could be accounted for in terms of self-attention processes breaking down
- Analysed over 60 newspaper reports of lynching taking place, found as the size of mob increased, the more violence occurred from the mob
- Findings could be explained through de-individuation as people became less attentive, more anonymity in the bigger crowd and thus self-regulation processes broke down leading to an increase in level of violence committed through deindividuation
- Correlation so can't be sure of cause and effect
- Data collected is in the past, can't test to see if the same result happens again
- Support; Mann et al Suicide Jumpers
- POINT: Not all De-individuation leads to aggressive behavior
- Study: Johnson & Downing
- Local group Norms.
- Participants either wore clothes similar to the KKK clan; or Nurse's uniform
- Were told they needed to give electric shocks to aid learning.
- When dressed as KKK. Shocked more than the control condition. But Nurse's shocked less
- People respond to the normative cues associated with the social context in which they find themselves
- Participants either wore clothes similar to the KKK clan; or Nurse's uniform
- Local group Norms.
- Francis et al
- Adolescents reported feeling significantly more confortable seeking help with mental problems under deindividuated circumstances of internet chatrooms compared to personal appointment with a health professional
- Spivey et al
- Found there could be pro-social effects of De-individuation depending on situational factors
- When Pro-social cues were present such as pro-social models. Particiapnts performed more significantly more altrustic acts and fewer anti=social acts compared to a control group
- Found there could be pro-social effects of De-individuation depending on situational factors
- Study: Johnson & Downing
- POINT: Gender differences in De-individuation
- Study: Cannavale et al
- IDA: Reductionist
- Ignores role of biological factors and individual differences
- Difference between peoples testosterone levels, brain physiology, genetics.
- Ignores role of biological factors and individual differences
- IDA: Culturally Bias.
- Theory/ most of the supporting evidence is all based on western cultures and so can't be generalised to other cultures
- REAL WORLD APPLICATION
- increase in CCTV cameras. + People can see themselves on screen when in CCTV, this identifys them and takes away the feeling of anonymity
- Le Bon's Crowd Theory
- All these factors are thought to produce a state of de-individuation among the crowd
- More frequent at night
- 10/21 cases, baiting had occurred, where they were urging the suicider to jump
- Bigger distance between jumper and crowd the more likely to urge
- Larger the crowd the more likely that baiting would happen
- Larger the crowd the more likely that baiting would happen
- More frequent at night
- Increase in aggression was only cited in Male participants not females,
- Findings of other studies cannot be generalised across both genders?
- Study: Cannavale et al
- IDA: Deterministic
- De-individuation
- Le Bon's Crowd Theory
- Change when part of a crowd; through anonymity, suggestibility and contagion. Collectivist mindset takes possession of the individual
- Reduced responsibility when part of a crowd. They are "faceless" and so can't be held accountable for their actions
- People abandon their "social" and "moral" norms. As these are usually inhibited by negative evaluation by others. When faceless, this stops the evaluation.
- Larger the group is, the greater feelings of anonymity.
- POINT: Crowd's can lead to a person becoming De-individualized
- Support; Mann et al Suicide Jumpers
- Support; Mullen et al
- Archival analysis to determine whether lynch mob killings could be accounted for in terms of self-attention processes breaking down
- Analysed over 60 newspaper reports of lynching taking place, found as the size of mob increased, the more violence occurred from the mob
- Findings could be explained through de-individuation as people became less attentive, more anonymity in the bigger crowd and thus self-regulation processes broke down leading to an increase in level of violence committed through deindividuation
- Correlation so can't be sure of cause and effect
- Data collected is in the past, can't test to see if the same result happens again
- Support; Mann et al Suicide Jumpers
- POINT: Not all De-individuation leads to aggressive behavior
- Study: Johnson & Downing
- Local group Norms.
- Participants either wore clothes similar to the KKK clan; or Nurse's uniform
- Were told they needed to give electric shocks to aid learning.
- When dressed as KKK. Shocked more than the control condition. But Nurse's shocked less
- People respond to the normative cues associated with the social context in which they find themselves
- Participants either wore clothes similar to the KKK clan; or Nurse's uniform
- Local group Norms.
- Francis et al
- Adolescents reported feeling significantly more confortable seeking help with mental problems under deindividuated circumstances of internet chatrooms compared to personal appointment with a health professional
- Spivey et al
- Found there could be pro-social effects of De-individuation depending on situational factors
- When Pro-social cues were present such as pro-social models. Particiapnts performed more significantly more altrustic acts and fewer anti=social acts compared to a control group
- Found there could be pro-social effects of De-individuation depending on situational factors
- Study: Johnson & Downing
- POINT: Gender differences in De-individuation
- IDA: Reductionist
- Ignores role of biological factors and individual differences
- Difference between peoples testosterone levels, brain physiology, genetics.
- Ignores role of biological factors and individual differences
- IDA: Culturally Bias.
- Theory/ most of the supporting evidence is all based on western cultures and so can't be generalised to other cultures
- REAL WORLD APPLICATION
- increase in CCTV cameras. + People can see themselves on screen when in CCTV, this identifys them and takes away the feeling of anonymity
- Le Bon's Crowd Theory
- Assunmes when in a crowd everyone is going to act aggresively. This is not the case
- De-individuation
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