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GCSE Psychology · key term
Reduced awareness of oneself as a separate individual and a reduced sense of personal responsibility, which can occur when someone is part of a crowd.
Used by AQA and OCR
Paper 2
Revise: Crowd and Collective BehaviourDeindividuation involves reduced awareness of oneself as a separate individual and a reduced sense of personal responsibility. In a crowd, a person may feel anonymous: less likely to be recognised or held accountable for what they do.
Paper 2
A psychological state involving reduced awareness of oneself as an individual and reduced concern about personal accountability, often associated with anonymity in a crowd.
Keep social loafing and deindividuation distinct: reduced effort is not the same as reduced self-awareness and personal responsibility.
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Deindividuation describes reduced awareness of oneself as an individual and reduced concern about being personally evaluated or held responsible.
