PSYO 1012 Lecture 13: Crown Behaviour...
16 Feb 2016
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These are questions we should ask when considering crowd behaviour. Deindividuation: this is the loss of individuality that leads to disinhibited (abnormal) behaviour: anonymity is a key factor. This is shown through a study done by meyers and spencer in 2004. Subjects were told to administer shocks to a helpless woman, they were more likely to give more shocks if they are disguised. Also in a study, children were told to steal candy, which they were more likely to do if anonymous as well as in groups. In an analysis of suicides by jumping my mann in 1981, crowds were more likely to encourage suicide victims if it was dark outside. Social loa ng is a word to describe cases when efforts are pooled and as a result, individuals slack of. This was rst studied using the rope-pull task (meyers and spencer 2004)
