Thread: Deindividuation
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Old Oct 07, 2014, 08:06 PM
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Does anyone notice this happening in various forums at this site?

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Deindividuation is a concept in social psychology that is generally thought of as the losing of self-awareness[1] in groups, although this is a matter of contention (see below).

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Philip Zimbardo (1971)[edit]

Now a more widely recognized study since the publication of his book, The Lucifer Effect, the Stanford Prison Experiment is infamous for its blatant display of aggression in deindividuated situations. Zimbardo created a mock prison environment in the basement of Stanford University’s psychology building in which he randomly assigned 24 men to undertake the role of either guard or prisoner. These men were specifically chosen because they had no abnormal personality traits (e.g.: narcissistic, authoritarian, antisocial, etc.) The experiment, originally planned to span over two weeks, ended after only six days because of the sadistic treatment of the prisoners from the guards. Zimbardo attributed this behavior to deindividuation due to immersion within the group and creation of a strong group dynamic.

Then there's the Milgram experiment, etc.

Deindividuation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

These aren't things I'm asking about reporting, I'm just wondering if the PC team is aware of these concepts and if others have seen this here at all.
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