PSYCO241 Lecture Notes - Lecture 58: Deindividuation, Executive Functions, Groupthink
5 Mar 2019
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Used 1000+ children celebrating halloween in costume. Randomly assigned to be anonymous or identifiable by experimenter. Asked to take only one piece of candy from a bowl (with coins nearby) while covertly watched. In later work, researchers found that children made identifiable by experimenter were less likely to steal when mirror placed near bowl. Deindividuation may lead to anti-social acts because they feel less accountable for their actions (e. g. diener et al. , 1976; 1980; postmes & spears, 1998; zimbardo, 1970). E. g. , using identifying information about the individual reduces the likelihood of anti-social behavior. Deindividuation may also lead to anti-social tendencies because it shifts attentional cues from the self to the situation thereby decreasing cognitive control (e. g. diener, 1979; Postmes & spears, 1998; spivey & prentice-dunn, 1990). E. g, ps engaged in more aggressive and uninhibited behavior in a highly stimulating environment.
