At a busy evening street market, many visitors wear identical dark raincoats, making individuals difficult to identify.
| Incident | Behaviour observed |
|---|---|
| A shopper drops several items from a bag. | 14 visitors stop to help collect them. |
| A visitor kicks over part of a stall display. | Eight nearby visitors join in, while 27 others move away without joining in. |
Describe two limitations of using anonymity to predict how people in a crowd will behave. Use both observations in your answer.
76 exam-style questions on OCR GCSE Psychology 4.2 Theories/Explanations, covering 4.2.1 Situational factors on conformity and crowds, 4.2.2 Situational factors on culture and obedience; criticisms, 4.2.3 Situational Factors research study: Bickman (1974), 4.2.4 Dispositional factors on conformity, crowds, morality, obedience, 4.2.5 Brain in dispositional factors; criticisms, and 4.2.6 Dispositional Factors research study: NatCen (2011). Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.