Deindividuation is a proposed (but hotly contested) psychological phenomenon in which uninhibited behavior becomes easier and more acceptable in violent crowds and mobs.
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Chapter 5: Man Descends Several Rungs in the Ladder of Civilization
...in 1971 under the supervision of psychologist Philip Zimbardo. Zimbardo seized on crowd theory (or deindividuation, a proposed phenomenon in which uninhibited behavior becomes more common in an excitable crowd setting)...
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