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Abstract: . . . attention Process : Loss of identity, decreased (self) awareness Outcome : Disinhibition, anti-normative behaviour, suggestibility SOCIAL IDENTITY Cause : Factors inducing identity salience Process : Transition from individual to social identity Outcome : Normative behaviour, responsiveness to group norms Suggested reading: Haslam Chapter 10 . . . . . . & Downing (1972): Deindividuation effects depend on normative cues Summing up: deindividuation theory and the social identity explanation of collective behaviour compared DEINDIVIDUATION Cause : Anonymity, arousal, noise, other external factors demanding attention Process : Loss of identity, decreased (self) awareness Outcome : Disinhibition, anti-normative behaviour, suggestibility SOCIAL IDENTITY Cause : Factors inducing identity salience Process : Transition from individual . . . . . . absence of judgment and of critical spirit, the exaggeration of the sentiments and others besides which are almost always observed in beings belonging to inferior forms of evolution in women, savages and children, for instance. (pp. 55-56) Le Bons thinking and Social Psychology Influence in groups may be normative or informational. Informational influence is motivated by an individuals rational desire to form a correct impression ( Kelley, 1952; Deutsch & Gerard, 1955) . Normative influence is motivated by a desire to obtain positive outcomes from otherswhich . . . --1945,3,324,2040,9726
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