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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.
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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
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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.
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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.

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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

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

are committing, and the followed social norms are forgotten.

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

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

behavior to external factors making them not in control.

Some fundamental attribution errors stated by the demon

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

Spears, R. (2017). Deindividuation.

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