AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Deindividuation is a concept in social psychology that is generally thought of as the loss of self-awareness in groups, although this is a matter of contention (see below). For the social psychologist, the level of analysis is the individual in the context of a social situation.

Detailed explanation-2: -What is deindividuation? The process of losing self-awareness and self-restraint, called deindividuation, often occurs when group participation makes people both aroused and anonymous.

Detailed explanation-3: -social loafing-the tendency for people in a group to exert less effort when pooling their efforts toward attaining a common goal than when individually accountable, and deindividuation.-the loss of self awareness and self-restraint occurring in group situations that foster arousal and anonymity.

Detailed explanation-4: -Second, deindividuation refers to a state where people lose self-consciousness, and this occurs especially when members of a group do not feel their behavior could be singled out by others (Festinger, Pepitone, & Newcomb, 1952).

Detailed explanation-5: -deindividuation, phenomenon in which people engage in seemingly impulsive, deviant, and sometimes violent acts in situations in which they believe they cannot be personally identified (e.g., in groups and crowds and on the Internet).