PSYC 2310 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Gustave Le Bon, Floyd Henry Allport, Deindividuation
3 Dec 2017
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Intergroup relations: the way in which people in groups perceive, think about, feel about, and act towards people in other groups. How do different theories explain intergroup relations: one important aspect of intergroup relations is the collective behaviour of people in a crowds. Deindividuation: deindividuation: the tendency to not follow normal rules of behaviour as a result of losi(cid:374)g o(cid:374)e"s self a(cid:449)are(cid:374)ess. Decrease in self-awareness: group settings also lead to a decrease in self-awareness, which in turn leads to deindividuation, people in a group have less of a sense of themselves as distinct individuals. Status of the in-group: groups that are threatened with inferiority take particular pleasure at another group"s failure even if that failure will not directly benefit them in any ways. Group size: the smaller the group, the greater the tendency for people to be loyal to it, which is why minority groups tend to have greater group loyalty than majority groups.
