explain the looting behaviour that can sometimes accompany crowd riots. The core concepts and assumptions of the deindividuation theory will be critically evaluated. The potential strengths and limitations of this theory will be considered‚ as an explanation of crowd looting. The social identity approach on crowd behaviour will be used in contrast of the deindividuation approach. Research and evidence will be used from social psychology to formulate an argument. Deindividuation theory has been
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Theories of Crowd Behavior The Contagion Theory * is defined as the theory stating that members of crowds stimulates each other to higher and higher levels of emotions and irrational behavior. * Contagion often refers to the spread of disease from person to person; accordingly it focuses on the spread of emotion in a crowd. * Formulated by Gustave Le Bon. Herbert Blumer-has offered another version of this theory as it has three stages. * Milling- the first stage; people move around
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The Smartest People May Not be as Smart as a Crowd‚ but Who can Find a Smart Crowd? In The Wisdom of Crowds‚ author James Surowiecki contends that the “smartest people” are often not as smart as a group of individuals formed under the right circumstances (XIII). Surowiecki backs up his claim by giving numerous real life examples of crowds that meet the criteria of having diversity of opinion‚ independence‚ decentralization and aggregation‚ and have proven to be smarter than almost any one individual
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Main Points Of Crowd Behaviour Essay London Riots August 2011 Mark Duggan Shooting Denver Colorado Riots 1998 Denver Broncos Failed community vs celebration of sporting excellence Classic Theories attempted to analyse behaviour through emergant properties of the group Gustav Le Bon (1895) Man losing his maturity Anonymity in crowds produces a man losing his personal and social responsibility Freud described crowd behaviour as the unconscious ‘ID’ being released whilst the superego
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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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CROWDS AND VIOLENCE Deindividuation: [“Individuation” coined by Jung: a process of individuation for development of personality] Historical Research: Le Bon (1890s) When individuals “descend” in a crowd‚ they become creatures of instinct‚ barbarians (Contagion theory‚ anonymity) Festinger (1952) Individuals who sat in dim light more likely to use bad language when discussing erotic material than individuals who were not. Zimbardo (1969) Stanford Prison Experiments: Individuals dressed
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How might we best explain crowd behaviour? (2013 Exam Question) People are likely to act in bizarre ways in a crowd compared to as an individual. A crowd can be defined as a set of individuals who share a common social identification of themselves in terms of that crowd. Crowd members should also share common goals and act in a coherent member (Reicher‚ 2008). There have been extensive amounts of research into crowd psychology‚ investigating the apparent causes and reasons for such behaviour to
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Psychology Goes to the Movies -The Face in the Crowd The face in the crowd is a movie featuring a woman‚ Anna Marchant after surviving an attack by women serial killer. Anna fell over the bridge and hit her head over the railings as she was trying to escape from the killer after witnessing him commit a murder. This accident left Anna with a condition known as prosopagnosia‚ a brain disorder commonly describes as face blindness. This injury prevents Anna from recognizing faces‚ including the face
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himself in psychology with his numerous academic achievements. He has become fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and the Academy of Social Sciences. He is the vice president of ADRIPS and a consultant to Scientific American Mind. A former editor for the British Journal of Social Psychology and author of 9 books and countless articles. He has used his knowledge to advance psychology in the area of group behavior. This can be observed in his scientific works on the psychology of crowd dynamics‚
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BE ALONE IN A CROWD “We are born alone‚ we live alone‚ and we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we’re not alone.” This quote was addressed by Orson Welles‚ an American motion-picture actor‚ director‚ producer and writer. Perhaps‚ Welles is favorable to being alone. When I first read his quote‚ I was filled with awe that I can’t forget what he said. His words keep running in my head. Welles is right. We will live a life alone. Being
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