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Deindividuation

Deindividuation is a concept in social psychology that is generally thought of as the loss of self-awareness in groups, although this is a matter of contention. For the social psychologist, the level of analysis is the individual in the context of a social situation. As such, social psychologists emphasize the role of internal psychological processes.…

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Avg. degree1.98
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related to Classic theories · 20
Deindividuation → According, Allport, Already, Blumer, Essentially, Festinger, Freud, Gustave Le Bon, He, However, Instead, Le Bon, Le Bon's, McDougall, Newcomb, Pepitone, Popular Mind, The Crowd, The French, This
related to Contemporary theories · 16
Deindividuation → Consequently, Diener, Diener's, Ed Diener, In, Not, Prentice-Dunn, Private, Public, Rogers, Such, The, This, Thus, While Diener, Zimbardo's
related to Controversies · 15
Deindividuation → As, Certain, Downing, For, Johnson, Ku Klux Klan, Milgram's, More, Participants, Questions, Researchers, Some, They, This, Zimbardo's
related to Reicher, S., Levine, R. M., Gordijn, E. (1998) · 15
Deindividuation → A-level, After, At, Experimenters, Following, For, Gordijn, In, Instead, Levine, Reicher, South West England, The, They, To
related to Nadler, A., Goldberg, M., Jaffe, Y. (1982) · 13
Deindividuation → Also, Each, Goldberg, However, In, Jaffe, Major, Nadler, Subjects, The, This, Undifferentiated, Within
related to Philip Zimbardo (1971) · 12
Deindividuation → Additionally, Critics, Guards, Now, Prisoners, Several, Stanford Prison Experiment, Stanford University's, The, The Lucifer Effect, These, Zimbardo
related to Milgram (1963) · 10
Deindividuation → Additionally, After, As, At, If, Only, Participants, Stanley Milgram's, The, They
related to Philip Zimbardo (1969) · 10
Deindividuation → Each, However, In, Ku Klux Klan, Stanley Milgram's, These, These New York University, This, When, Zimbardo
has application · 9
Deindividuation → All, Although, By, For, It, Members, Men, Police, There
related to Lee, E.J. (2007) · 8
Deindividuation → Group, In, In Lee's, Lee, Lee's, Next, They, This

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Deindividuationcausesis based on social norms0.90text
Deindividuationis aconcept in social psychology that is generally thought of as the loss of self-awareness in groups0.90text
Deindividuationis aincreased salience of a group identity that can result from the manipulation of such factors0.90text
group immersioninstance ofor strengthening individual or group identities.Persuading audiences into adopting specific behaviors.This model attempts to make sense of a range of deindividuation effects whi…0.80text
anonymityinstance ofor strengthening individual or group identities.Persuading audiences into adopting specific behaviors.This model attempts to make sense of a range of deindividuation effects whi…0.80text
and reduced identifiabilityinstance ofor strengthening individual or group identities.Persuading audiences into adopting specific behaviors.This model attempts to make sense of a range of deindividuation effects whi…0.80text
where they livedinstance ofthe woman asked the children identification questions0.80text
who their parents wereinstance ofthe woman asked the children identification questions0.80text
what their name wasinstance ofthe woman asked the children identification questions0.80text
etcinstance ofthe woman asked the children identification questions0.80text
social mediainstance ofIn online environmentsThis phenomenon has been observed in various online platforms0.80text
comment sectionsinstance ofIn online environmentsThis phenomenon has been observed in various online platforms0.80text

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