Professor Scott Plous

Social Psychology Wesleyan University

FURTHER READINGS AND VIEWINGS

Lecture 3.5: The Dark Side of Deindividuation (Part 1)

Works Cited or Referred To

(1) Boy, 7, coaxes uncle off ledge as crowd jeers, "Jump! Jump!" (1964, April 15). New
York Times, pp. 1, 80.

(2) Festinger, L., Pepitone, A., & Newcomb, T. (1952). Some consequences of de-
individuation in a group. Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 47, 382-389.

(3) Leader, T., Mullen, B., & Abrams, D. (2007). Without mercy: The immediate impact of
group size on lynch mob atrocity. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 33, 1340-
1352.

(4) Postmes, T., & Spears, R. (1998). Deindividuation and antinormative behavior: A meta-
analysis. Psychological Bulletin, 123, 238-259.

(5) Zhong, C. B., Lake, V. B., & Gino, F. (2010). Good lamps are the best police: Darkness
increases dishonesty and self-interested behavior. Psychological Science, 21, 311-314.

(6) Zimbardo, P. G. (1970). The human choice: Individuation, reason, and order versus
deindividuation, impulse, and chaos. In W. J. Arnold & D. Levine (Eds.), Nebraska
Symposium on Motivation (Vol. 17). Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.

Related Wikipedia Entries

(1) Deindividuation: www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deindividuation

(2) Diffusion of Responsibility: www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffusion_of_responsibility

(3) Waco Horror: www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynching_of_Jesse_Washington

For more information on the Waco Horror:

http://dl.lib.brown.edu/pdfs/1291142761295250.pdf

(4) Social Norms: www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_norms

(5) Stanford Prison Experiment: www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_prison_experiment

For more information on the Stanford Prison Experiment: www.prisonexp.org/

Social Psychologists and Other Researchers Mentioned

(1) Leon Festinger: www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Festinger

(2) Theodore Newcomb: www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Newcomb

(3) Philip Zimbardo: http://zimbardo.socialpsychology.org/

Related Links

(1) Deindividuation and Collective Action (from Social Psychology Network)

Assigned Documentary Videos

(1) Quiet Rage: The Stanford Prison Experiment

Courtesy of Philip Zimbardo: http://www.prisonexp.org/quiet-rage