Deindividuation

• Deindividuation?


  feeling of anonymity from a large crowd, uniform and masks
• Loss of self-identity?

  diffusion of identity --> higher levels of aggression and anti-social behaviour.
• Deindividuation steps?

  1. anonymity 2.decreased accountability 3.decreased fear of - evaluation 4. lower inhibition 5.more aggression
• Zimbardo (1969)?


  Hooded females. more concealed females administered more shocks
• Mann (1981)?


  Crowd viewed a suicide jumper. people more likely to yell "jump" when in a large crowd.
• Watson (1973)?


  23 different tribes before war. those who changes their appearance the most were more violent.
• Rehm et al (1997)?


  30 games in German handball. team in orange shirts more aggressive. anonymity of uniform makes more aggression.