PSY220H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Deindividuation, Group Cohesiveness, No. 5 Group Raf
Document Summary
The loss of self-awareness and evaluation apprehension occurs in group situations that foster anonymity and draw attention away from the individual. The loosening of normal constraints on behaviour when people are in a group, leading to. People are less identifiable in a larger group, so they feel less accountable. Physical anonymity makes people feel less accountable for their actions because it reduces the chances t. When people see others acting in the same way they are. Believe that others feel as they do & reinforces their own feelings. Impulsive group action draws our attention & reduces self-awareness. The tendency for groups to make decisions that are more extreme than the initial inclinations. Group discussion tends to make people more inclined to go in the direction they are alrea. Group s decision is riskier than any one individual member of the group s decision, Exposure to ideas that you had not thought of.
