19.09.2022: The Individual
Within the Group
5. The Individual Within the Group
Situation A: Redbull Gives You Wings
Problem Statement: Why is everyone affected differently by the
presence of others when performing?
BS:
in-groups/out- mere presence
pressure receiving support
groups effect
effect of the
feeling of
presence of audience facilitation
judgment
others
self-confidence teamwork performance personality
culture social identity anxiety social loafing
more pressure
alone vs group
Problem Analysis:
External/situational factors
Personal factors
Learning Goals
How does an audience affect performance?
How does being in a group affect effort/efficiency of individual
performance?
Situation B: Who Am I?
Problem Statement: Why do people behave differently in groups?
BS:
feeling less change in behaving more
ego
responsible values aggressive
19.09.2022: The Individual Within the Group 1
, anonymity groupthink sense of group polarization
belonging
social rejection
Problem Analysis:
Deindividuation
Changing your appearance
Disregard their health
Act as a collective
Learning Goals:
How does being a member of a group affect a change in behaviour?
How does deindividuation influence behaviour?
Notes on Literature
Problem 5 Reminder: don't forget to look at CIRCUMSTANCES (HOW) like
dressing up and stuff
1. “Deindividuation variables on stealing among Halloween Trick-or-Treaters”
a. Variables: anonymity vs. nonanonymity, alone vs. group, and groups
with/without a child made responsible for the gorup actions.
b. Zimbardo (1969) suggested that deindividuation could be heightened due to
internal conditions such as autonomic arousal, and a subjective feeling of
diffused responsibility for group acts.
c. Results:
i. Parent present: 8.3% of transgressions
ii. Alone + anonymous: 14% increase of transgressions
iii. Groups + anonymous: 36% increase of transgressions
1. anonymity had a stronger effect on groups, inplying that it fostered
deindividuation (though it remains as just a hypothesis)
iv. “Leader” only anonymous: 27.3% of transgressions
19.09.2022: The Individual Within the Group 2
Within the Group
5. The Individual Within the Group
Situation A: Redbull Gives You Wings
Problem Statement: Why is everyone affected differently by the
presence of others when performing?
BS:
in-groups/out- mere presence
pressure receiving support
groups effect
effect of the
feeling of
presence of audience facilitation
judgment
others
self-confidence teamwork performance personality
culture social identity anxiety social loafing
more pressure
alone vs group
Problem Analysis:
External/situational factors
Personal factors
Learning Goals
How does an audience affect performance?
How does being in a group affect effort/efficiency of individual
performance?
Situation B: Who Am I?
Problem Statement: Why do people behave differently in groups?
BS:
feeling less change in behaving more
ego
responsible values aggressive
19.09.2022: The Individual Within the Group 1
, anonymity groupthink sense of group polarization
belonging
social rejection
Problem Analysis:
Deindividuation
Changing your appearance
Disregard their health
Act as a collective
Learning Goals:
How does being a member of a group affect a change in behaviour?
How does deindividuation influence behaviour?
Notes on Literature
Problem 5 Reminder: don't forget to look at CIRCUMSTANCES (HOW) like
dressing up and stuff
1. “Deindividuation variables on stealing among Halloween Trick-or-Treaters”
a. Variables: anonymity vs. nonanonymity, alone vs. group, and groups
with/without a child made responsible for the gorup actions.
b. Zimbardo (1969) suggested that deindividuation could be heightened due to
internal conditions such as autonomic arousal, and a subjective feeling of
diffused responsibility for group acts.
c. Results:
i. Parent present: 8.3% of transgressions
ii. Alone + anonymous: 14% increase of transgressions
iii. Groups + anonymous: 36% increase of transgressions
1. anonymity had a stronger effect on groups, inplying that it fostered
deindividuation (though it remains as just a hypothesis)
iv. “Leader” only anonymous: 27.3% of transgressions
19.09.2022: The Individual Within the Group 2
