PSYC 2310 Lecture Notes - Stanford Prison Experiment, Deindividuation, Electric Shock
2 Mar 2013
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How do different theories explain intergroup relations? intergroup relations refers to the way in which people in groups perceive, think about, feel about, and act toward people in other groups. Early research and theories of crowd behaviour: le bon said there are 3 characteristics associated with the processes that seem to be specific to crowds: 1) anonymity people become anonymous in a crowd and are therefore less responsible for their actions. 2) suggestibility when people"s social constraints are loosened, they become more suggestible. When one or a few individuals start to act on their aggressive impulses, others copy due to their heightened suggestibility, giving in to their own urges to act unreasonably. Group settings provide anonymity because each individual is less distinguishable. It"s enhanced in situations where people wear uniforms or paint or cover their face, which makes the person less identifiable. Stanford prison experiment guards and prisoners .
