The Effects Of Deindividuation And Dehumanization On Human Behavior

Deindividuation results in individuals becoming less self-aware, and more inclined to go along with group decisions. Rather than taking personal responsibility for their own actions, de-individuated people see responsibility as diffused, and placed on the group as a whole. The diffusion of responsibility leads to more aggressive behavior towards outsiders.

Depersonalization is defined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5 (DSM-5) as “experiences of unreality, detachment, or being an outside observer with respect to one’s thoughts, feelings, sensations, body, or actions” (DSM-5, 2013, p. 302). According to Mayo Clinic, a symptom could be that a person feels like

One way that people can become deindividuated is when they are part of a large group or a crowd. Deindividuation has been used to explain why people who are usually well-behaved can become violent during group interactions, for example, riots. The deindivduation theory complements the social learning theory as agrees that people change depending on role models.

The psychology of dehumanization is an important concept to understand before getting into specific examples of the act. Such an action goes hand in hand with war, cruelty, and genocide.

My chosen theme, dehumanization, has affected my thoughts about our responsibility to one another by making me realize that we are not different at all, in fact, we’re all the same. No matter what race, gender, religion, or sexual preference. We should be responsible for one another because we are all human, not wild animals. We should not have to fight over trivial things, we are all livings beings but my evidence could almost prove otherwise, these starved, beaten, and tortured men have become

Dehumanization is a big part of World war II, it is the reason why World War II is the deadliest war in human history, it is also the reason why the soldiers were willing to point their gun at another human being and to end “its” life without a blink. Not only was dehumanizing a big part of this, racism also played a big role as well. Racism is very powerful; it enlarges the hate towards the differences and made people treat their enemies as subhuman. Just as John Dower had mentioned in his book War Without Mercy, “Race hate fed atrocities, and atrocities in turn fanned the fires of the race hate. The dehumanization of the Other contributed immeasurably to the psychological distancing that facilitates killing, not only on the battlefield but also in the plans adopted by strategists far removed from the actual scene of combat” (11).

When in large groups people feel less apparent and adopt the group mindset, as if they are invisible in comparison to the large amount of people around them partaking in the same or similar acts. There is less of a blame and guilt factor present. People may also feel as if it is okay that they do it, because their peers are making similar decisions. A good example of deindividuation is the Aggiville riots, where

This book analyzes the negative aspects of deinstitutionalization and disproves some of the myths surrounding it. It is a reliable source because the author is a social worker and has worked in every type of institution discussed in the book.(S)

Deinstitutionalization- a term popularized in the mid fifties to early seventies, was an experiment involving the release of some 830,000 mental patients. By reducing state mental hospitals by 60%, this ideology was found very appealing by Liberals due to mental patients receiving their freedom (Website 1). It was also liked by conservatives because of the large amount of money that would be saved by cutting the mental health budget.

“Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.” stated by Elie Wiesel. In the book Night Elie Wiesel describes in traumatic details of the year he spent at Auschwitz. In Night, Elie Wiesel reveals the devastating experiences that took place in the death camps.Throughout the novel, examples of dehumanization occur when the many jews are forced to cut their hair, when they are compared to or called dogs, and when they had to throw their friends and family into the crematorium.

What is dehumanization? Dehumanization is the process of stripping a person of every quality that makes him human, including his identity, individuality, and soul.

The release of institutionalized individuals from institutional care (as in a psychiatric hospital) to care in the community. Deinstitutionalization is a long term pattern wherein less individuals live as patients in mental facilities and less psychological well-being treatments are delivered in public facilities. This trend is directly due to the process of closing public hospitals and the ensuing transfers of patients to community-based mental health services in the late twentieth century. It represents the dissipation of patients over a wider variety of health care settings and geographic areas.

In fact. soon after the passing of this act and other similar ones, the amount of mentally ill being labeled as criminals doubled. Prison psychiatrists reported more and more mentally ill patients in prisons after deinstitutionalization, yet they were legally restricted from providing medication or registering them into institutions where they could be treated. To further explain why institutions and involuntary commitment is necessary, Torrey states, "in examining records of these arrests [of mentally ill patients], researchers often find a direct relationship between the person's mental illness and the [awkward] behavior that led to apprehension” ("Deinstitutionalization: A Psychiatric Titanic"). Out of the people diagnosed with schizophrenia, some especially have trouble dealing with others in public because they may unintentionally view others as a threat during episodes of "delusions of persecution" in which they become paranoid thinking people are hunting them down. Specific case studies on severely mentally ill individuals living without hospital monitor show repetitive arrests for “disorderly conduct” due to their lack of ability to control their own behavior during these

Factory workers are being produced today, although the age of factories has long passed. Students are dehumanized from their first graded assignment, their first report card, the first time they step into school until they graduate. At that point, they are completely stripped of critical thinking and creativity and see learning only as memorization for a test. There seems to be no meaning beyond the face value of what teachers say and possibly less. All that is needed is to memorize word for word what the teacher says. They don’t perceive “what four times four really means, or realizing the true significance of “capital” in the affirmation “the capital of Pará is Belem,” that is, what Belem means for Pará and what Pará means for Brazil” (240). Freire introduces the banking system as the cause of dehumanization, but it is not the system in general that causes it. It is the use of grading. They are used to measure the value and intelligence of students, so this is all students focus on. They only do what they need to receive the highest marks. However, this means the students don’t have time to truly understand their material or realize that they don’t have to spend that much time with the material. After all, the purpose of the banking system is to just fill students with information.

As video game images become increasingly more realistic and graphic. Therefore, is there any link between the violence depicted in those games and violence in real life? Students are the main group people who played violent video games very often. Also, losing a game causes many people to have a negative impact. Last, the attitudes on violent game and antisocial. Games are everywhere around us, such as cellphones, televisions, or computers, but violent games are the most popular type of game. The scene inside the game may lead to real things happen, especially for children, who are eager to experience it. Therefore, violent games may cause many impact, such as crimes, antisocial, and negative effects.