SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
GROUP BEHAVIOR
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After thinking it over for a couple of days, Sandy decides to streak across the football field as part of her Omega Meta Gama sorority.
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After a major loss, Erik sees and participates in looting outside of the stadium.
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After a serious break up, Norma feels as though she has lost her identity.
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Graham decides to start a protest outside of school demanding “French-Fry Fridays.”
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Detailed explanation-1: -Deindividuation also occurs when people are wrapped up in a hobby or activity. For example, when people are in a mosh pit at a concert, they’re punching the air and shaking their heads frantically – behaviors they wouldn’t engage in if they weren’t a part of a crowd.
Detailed explanation-2: -Deindividuation is characterized by a lower awareness of the self and one’s individuality. This may result in anti-normative and disinhibited behavior; “what forces crowd members at times to behave in uncivilized and violent ways (Diener, 1976).
Detailed explanation-3: -According to this theory, there are three main factors that create deindividuation: (1) group immersion, (2) anonymity and (3) reduced identifiability (self-awareness and self-regulation).
Detailed explanation-4: -Deindividuation theory emphasizes that the transgression of general societal norms results from the anonymity of the person within a group or a crowd (Diener, 1980).