1

Deindividuation

Student Name

Course Title

Institution

Instructors Name

Date
DEINDIVIDUATION 2

Deindividuation

           In social psychology, deindividuation is mainly related to the loss of self-awareness,

especially in groups or anonymity, although it seems to be a contention matter. It is caused by

self-awareness objective reduction and any other factors that can course self-awareness reduction

(Spears, 2017). Deindividuation in a huge way tends to stop critical thinking leading to mob

mentality. Simply deindividuation tries to explain an individual character in a crowd. Being in a

group is a possible cause of violence as people tend not to see the consequences of the crime they

are committing, and the followed social norms are forgotten. 

The role played by deindividuation in the world behaviors of college students during their

spring breaks.

           In Key West, Cancun, or any other destination, even in the middle of a pandemic, students

are noted to move in crowds; thus, deindividuation has a key role in these college students'

behaviors(Carole Wade, et al., 2020) Deindividuation creates comfort and confidence among the

students as they feel they are part and parcel of a community that appreciates them. While in a

group, the students feel they can do more work than they can individually. With the escalation of

students' emotions, they can easily form a mob that can cause destruction. The formation of

groups to play sports games or simply games with many actions can cause students to

deindividuate. It can be used to cover-up certain behaviors by the students to avoid conviction. It

encourages socialization and running from each other when a group is formed for a good course.

Deindividuation causes students to go back to school as buries, causing destructions amongst

other students. It builds confidence among the individuals finding it easy to do the things they

fear as individuals.
DEINDIVIDUATION 3

Attribution theory

           Attribution is the process in which individuals either internally or externally give details

about a certain behavior or event reason of happening. Humans' behaviors and actions are

assigned and motivated by the causes they come up with. For example, when a student does not

perform well on a given quiz, they come up with blame where they accuse their teachers of not

explaining a given topic well rather than admitting they did not study well (Martinko, & Mackey,

2019). There are two categories of the attribution theory include; Internal attribution, which

involves more internal factors than external sources. Secondly, there is the external attribution

that is linked to a stimulus or event that is external. 

           There are some key concepts in the attribution theory, such as self-serving biases, funder

mental attribution errors, and the just-world hypothesis. Self-serving biases are attribution that

helps us accomplish our desire to see anything about us positively. Self-serving biases can be

affected by clinical diagnoses, age, culture, and many more factors. The just-world hypothesis is

the intellectual biases that a person's actions are related to bringing fitting and morally just

consequences to an individual in simple terms; good actions are rewarded while punishment is

given to bad actions (Martinko, & Mackey, 2019). Fundamental attribution errors are inexistent

because of people's perception of the world and the individual tendency to attribute their

behavior to external factors making them not in control. 

Some fundamental attribution errors stated by the demon

           As demonstrated in terrible disasters caused by Hurricane Katrina, Harvey, and Maria,

there were supply failures whereby before the storm, some emergency supplies were served

before the storm. In some of the areas that desperately needed help, there was a lot of time spent

for the medical supplies to be delivered. Humans played a role in Hurricanes' contribution as
DEINDIVIDUATION 4

there was a poor design of the system meant to protect floods. The people who responded to the

Hurricane are the federal emergency management agency, local and state agencies, private

individuals, national and federal guard soldiers, and the United States Coast Guard. 
DEINDIVIDUATION 5

References

Carole Wade, Carol Tavris, Samuel, Sommers, & Lisa Shin. (2020). Psychology Thirteenth

Edition.

Martinko, M. J., & Mackey, J. D. (2019). Attribution theory: An introduction to the special

issue. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 40(5), 523-527.

Spears, R. (2017). Deindividuation.