During a major music festival, thousands of spectators wearing identical promotional plastic masks and ponchos gathered in a dark arena. As the crowd size grew, security reported a significant surge in hostile behavior and vandalism. In contrast, during smaller, daytime acoustic sessions where spectators were fully visible and unmasked, no such incidents occurred.
Discuss deindividuation as an explanation for human aggression. Refer to the music festival scenario in your answer.
13 exam-style questions on AQA A Level Psychology Social psychological explanations of aggression. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.