Sometimes after a big football game fans will riot,getting into fights and destroying property.People in such a crowd will often do things that they would never do on their own.This effect is due primarily to a process of:

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Deindividuation is the process by which individuals in a group lose their sense of individual identity and responsibility and may engage in behaviors that they would not engage in as individuals. This can lead to destructive and violent behaviors in large crowds, such as riots after a football game. Social facilitation refers to the tendency for people to perform better on simple tasks when in the presence of others, social loafing is the tendency for people to exert less effort on a task when working with others, and groupthink is the tendency for a group to make flawed decisions because of a desire for harmony within the group. These concepts do not fully explain the behavior of crowds in a riot situation.

Sometimes After a Big Football Game Fans Will Riot,getting into Fights