Delacroix‚ is a personal friend of Tessie Hutchinson‚ yet participates in the throwing of stones at Tessie. This behavior can be explained by the definition of the collective mentality: "When people are part of a group‚ they often experience deindividuation‚ or a loss of self-awareness. When people deindividuate‚ they are less likely to follow normal restraints and inhibitions and more likely to lose their sense of individual identity... which can lead to the provocation of behaviors that a person
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evaluating us is a. Self-protection evaluation b. Ego evaluation c. Evaluation apprehension d. Social evaluation Answer: c 8. The loss of self-awareness and evaluation apprehension is called a. The singleton effect. b. The group awareness effect. c. Deindividuation. d. Group polarization. Answer: c 9. Studies of risky shift eventually led to the formulation of a. Social facilitation theory. b. Group polarization hypothesis c. The reactance effect d. The diffusion of responsibility effect Answer: b 10.
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People study groups‚ social groups‚ work teams). (a) In what ways has it been a positive and negative experience for you? (b) Can you explain this in terms of social loafing‚ social facilitation‚ norms and sanctions‚ conformity‚ conversion‚ deindividuation‚ Ringlemann effect‚ Groupthink‚ Risky shift syndrome and so forth? (c) What could you and your team members do to counter the negative effects of group working? 2. What factors influence the cohesiveness of work groups? Give examples by referring
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In what was at the time named West Germany‚ there were 2467 cases of manslaughter or attempted murder in the one year of 1990. The rest of Europe had similar figures and the United States had an even higher number or cases (Mummendey‚ 1996). This begs the question as to why these events occur‚ and more specifically‚ what are the causes of this aggression? Therein lays the key to controlling and diminishing aggressive behaviour‚ in the identification of the factors that lead to aggression. This essay
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people feel dependent on the group” - Margaret Singer Prejudice against other groups evidence: “People want to feel their own group (and therefore themselves) as being better than other groups” - Starting with Psychology (2010) Group pressure Deindividuation - diminished self-awareness and self-restraint and increased responsiveness to the immediate situation either positive or negative. Research Social Identity Theory - Tajfel and Turner (1979) Robbers cave & Kondo Activity 30 1. Kondo acquires
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Philip Zimbardo‚ born in 1933 in New York (USA) is a psychologist and investigator‚ who focus in social psychology. His best known work is the Stanford´s Prison experiment‚ searching for an explanation for the violence in the USA prisons. He wanted to know if this behaviour is due to the personalities of the guards (i.e. dispositional) or due to the prison environment and structure (i.e. situational). He later gave class in some of the best universities of the world; Yale‚ NYU and Columbia. His also
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society of the club. In order to gain acceptance to the group‚ individuals must endure a period of hostile treatment. The treatment is not questioned by the members because of their desire for acceptance. This submission to the club shows deindividuation because members are not referred to by name unless they pass away. The roles of the members overpower their sense of individuality and they begin to lack a sense of their true selves. They do not object to this environment because of the authoritative
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Study Guide‚ Exam #4 Know all about the following terms and concepts including what they are‚ how they’ve been studied and be able to teach your knowledge to an innocent bystander. Also included are sample response sets to guide your studies. There will be other questions‚ including DVD-relevant questions from the talks of Positive Psychology‚ Stanford Prison Study‚ etc.‚ that are not on this guide. Social Psychology Attributions—dispositional and situational; What is Social Identity Theory
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from a tiny unlit closet. An undergraduate research assistant was the "warden" and Zimbardo the "superintendent". He set up a number of specific conditions for the participants which were intended to promote disorientation‚ depersonalization and deindividuation. To facilitate role identification‚ guards were given wooden batons and akhaki‚ military-style uniforms. They were also given reflecting sunglasses to prevent eye contact. Unlike the prisoners‚ the guards were to work in shifts and return home
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STRESS (chapter 12) 1 What are Corticosteroids and what is their function? Stress hormone that activates the body and prepares us to respond to stressful circumstance 2 What is the Hassles Scale (Folkman & Lazarus)? With what outcomes is it associated? The Hassles Scale measures how stressful events‚ ranging from small annoyances to major daily pressures‚ impact our adjustment. 3 Who is Hans Selye? What is the General Adaptation Syndrome and what happens at each stage? What is the Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Adrenal
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