Deindividuation refers to: Group of answer choices

- the tendency to comply with a large request after agreeing to a small request.

- a loss of self-awareness and self-restraint in group situations that fosters arousal and anonymity.

- lack of critical thinking due to a strong desire for social harmony within a group.

- the enhancement of a group's prevailing attitudes through group discussion.

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22 February, 21:03

Deindividuation refers to: Group of answer choices

- the tendency to comply with a large request after agreeing to a small request.

- a loss of self-awareness and self-restraint in group situations that fosters arousal and anonymity.

- lack of critical thinking due to a strong desire for social harmony within a group.

- the enhancement of a group's prevailing attitudes through group discussion.

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Rogelio Saunders · Answer 1

A loss of self-awareness and self-control in a group situation that advances arousal and anonymity

Explanation:

De-individuation: This term was given to Leon Festinger in his experiments. It is a process as indicated that a person loses his self-awareness in a crowd. This is a psychological state that described the loss of self-awareness of a person which leads to the anonymity, and dis-inhibition of a person. It is a concept of losing identity in a group. where a person does not see himself as an individual. Then a group, an individual behaves individually better and with self-confidence. It can be observed by the performance of a person. When a person performs in a group where he lost his self-awareness and where he performed with his self-awareness leads a lot of differences in the performances.