PSY 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Solar Irradiance, Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster, Group Polarization
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If anything happens, i am not the only one responsible: blame can be spread about, energizing effect of others, having people around us can be energizing. Internal state (deindividuation: decreased self awareness, no longer aware of who i am/self schemas. See them all doing the same thing as this person: weakening of internal controls, behavioral effects. Irrationality: emotionality, anti social activity, other model, what theory and finds are about the opposite of deindividuation, self awareness theory, the way to increase their individuation is to remind them who they are. Scout calls out mr. cunningham in the mob and gets him to shut it down in to kill a. Mockingbird: they care more about what other people think about them, they are more mindful because they compare behavior to their internal standards, less likely to weaken internal control, self awareness theory strengthens internal control.
