PSY220H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Molecular Genetics, Serotonin Transporter, Acculturation
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Intergroup relations: the way in which people in groups perceive, think about, feel about, and act toward ppl in other groups: stereotypes, prejudice, aggression, relate to intergroup relations. Le bon and mcdougall had a negative perception of crowds and believed that a crowd has to be controlled and managed. If le bon thought crowds made people mad, allport though crowds allowed people to be bad. Law connections: italian police officer"s perception of crowd conflict. They believed that the minority group was the most violent and manipulated the majority group: as violence increases, police perceive the crowd as homogenous and every person is potentially dangerous. Deindividuation: the tendency to not follow normal rules of behaviour as a result of losing one"s self-awareness. More likely to occur in group settings: anonymity: precursor of deindividuation, e. g. experiment with guards and prisoners. 327) people feel less accountable and more uninhibited: accountability: whether a person expects to be held responsible for his or her actions.
