Social psychological explanations of aggression: deindividuation

what do social norms in society do?

• discourage aggr beh

• we follow those norms + our own internalised moral standards bc we are easily identifiable and generally feel responsible + accountable for our actions

what can deindividuation explain?

• can expl sit where ppl dont follow these norms and beh aggr

• when we are in group, lose our personal identity + become anonymous

• this leads to reduced feelings of autonomy, pers responsibility and accountability for our beh, a disregard for social norms and increased aggr beh

• instead resp is shared and we take on the norms, expectations + moral standards of crowd

• inhibitions that normally regul an indv beh are reuced and there is a reduction in priv self-awareness 

• we become deindividuated 

what did Dunn and Rogers claim?

there are 2 types of self-awareness

what are the 2 types of self-awareness?

• priv self-awareness refers to how much we pay att to our own feelings and beh, this is reduced in corwd bc our att is focused outwardly

• public self-awareness refers to how much we care ab what others think of our beh, this is reduced in crowd bc we are anonymous + our beh is less likely to be judged