OUTLINE AND EVALUATE TWO SOCIAL PSYCHOLOICAL THEORIES OF AGGRESSION The first psychological theory of aggression is the social learning theory. This uses the principles of Bandura’s Bobo Dolls experiment which involved children observing aggressive and non-aggressive adults and then acting themselves. Those in the aggressive condition displayed aggression whilst the other children showed virtually no aggression. The four conditions which have been found to be effective for social learning are: attention;
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Part 1 How might deindividuation theory explain the looting behaviour that sometimes accompanies crowd riots? What are the strengths and weaknesses of this kind of approach to understanding collective behaviour? This essay considers how deindividuation theory might explain the looting behaviour that sometimes accompanies crowd riots by firstly defining the concept and evaluating some of the available evidence that seeks to validate its existence‚ and demonstrating how it might be
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Outline and evaluate research into institutional aggression deindividuation include being in a large crowd‚ anonymity due to wearing a uniform and altered consciousness due to drugs or alcohol. Deindividuation leads to reduced inner restraints and therefore an increase in behaviours that are usually inhibited and also reduces the fear of negative evaluation from others. This leads to an increase in aggressive behaviours. Recent changes to this theory focus on the importance of private self-awareness
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theories of crowd behaviour. Is it always associated with a ‘loss of self’ (Dixon and Mahendran‚ 2012‚ p. 13)? This essay will start by explaining the concept of anonymity and how it is used in theories of crowd behaviour namely the contagion‚ deindividuation theory and social identity theory. Later the essay will focus on critical discussion comparing the above theories in terms of how they perceive anonymity and the loss of self. It will highlight the similarities between Le Bon’s theory and the
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Deindividuation theory provides a rational clarification for looting during any criminal group activities. When it comes to deindividuation‚ people do not act as individuals‚ instead they experience deindiviation being lost in a group such as a gang. Many times this means that this individual will go along with whatever the other group members are doing‚ which in our example is looting (Reicher‚ n.d). When it comes to looting‚ deindividuation theory is a state of decrease
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always conformed because it’s in our human nature. In Shelby Ostergaard’s article “It’s no one’s fault when it’s everyone’s fault” she talks about conformity. Similarly‚ in the unit titled “conformity” there are many examples of conformity like deindividuation and diffused responsibility. Even though this entire unit is about conformity‚ there are many kinds of conformity. One kind of conformity is called diffused responsibility. This kind of conformity can be seen through the short stories “Man in
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theory of deindividuation. However‚ the rejection of the group mind does not mean that we should then reject the study of group processes as groups have distinctive properties from individual behaviour. Instead‚ we should begin to look at group processes with a different
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brother’s behavior is an example of:| A)|the reciprocity norm.| B)|deindividuation.| C)|the bystander effect.| D)|the foot-in-the-door phenomenon.| E)|an attribution.| 4.|The tendency for observers to underestimate the impact of the situation and to overestimate the impact of personal dispositions upon another’s behavior is called:| A)|the bystander effect.| B)|the fundamental attribution error.| C)|deindividuation.| D)|ingroup bias.| E)|the mere exposure effect.| 5.|Students
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Discuss two social psychological theories of aggression (24 marks) One social psychological theory of aggression is social learning theory. SLT argues that like all behaviour‚ aggression is learned through both direct and indirect reinforcement. Behaviour which is reinforced‚ be that positively or negatively – positive reinforcement occurs when the behaviour causes desired outcomes‚ negative reinforcement occurs when the behaviour causes undesirable outcomes - is more likely to be learned and repeated
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alteration is situated. Early work of Le Bon laid the foundations for later deindividuation theories suggesting that being part of a crowd leads to the loss of self. It suggests that people follow crowd behaviour mindlessly‚ often displaying uncontrolled and/or violent behaviour. The group provides a degree of anonymity and therefore accountability‚ responsibility and culpability are all diminished. Deindividuation (loss of self)‚ is criticised by the Social Identity Theories (SIT) for ignoring
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