PSY 368 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Deindividuation, Painted Faces, White Coat

• School: University of Arizona
• Department: Psychology Main
• Course: PSY 368
• Professor: Adam Lazarewicz

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Lecture outline #16: deindividuation & dehumanization (part 1) deindividuation: losing one"s sense of individuality, identifiability (cid:498)losing yourself in the crowd(cid:499: decreased self-awareness. Watson (1970): if warriors paint faces/wear masks killing, torturing, and mutilating captives more common. Mullen (1986): review of 60 us lynchings (1899-1946) large crowds + hooded mobs most serious attacks. Mann (1981): crowd more likely to urge suicidal person to jump if large, in darkness. Diener et al. (1976): bowl (cid:523)(cid:498)take one(cid:499) sign(cid:524: what % take more than 1 candy, anonymous group: 57% take more, anonymous alone: 21% take more, nonanonymous group: 21% take more, nonanonymous alone: 8% take more. Is deindividuation always bad: not if the salient cues are positive , replicate zimbardo (cid:523)(cid:883)97(cid:882)(cid:524) study, but wear nurse"s uniform instead of ominous robes and hoods, still deindividuated, but with prosocial cues. Increased donations to charity when in large crowd of people donating. Deindividuation increased conformity (for better or worse)