Define and illustrate with examples each of the following concepts as they might be observed in the stands at a college football game: prejudice, discrimination, deindividuation, and diffusion of responsibility.

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The Answer is The answer should include the following information: (1) Prejudice is a positive or negative evaluation of another person based on their group membership. Discrimination is a positive or negative behavior toward another person based on their group membership. An example of prejudice is that you evaluate fans wearing your school's colors more favorably than fans wearing the other school's colors. An example of discrimination is that concession workers ignore the food requests of fans from the visiting team; (2) Deindividuation occurs when immersion in a group causes people to become less concerned with their personal values. An example of deindividuation is that the quiet girl who goes to church every Sunday nevertheless is screaming profanities at the referee along with 80,000 other people; (3) Diffusion of responsibility occurs when individuals feel diminished responsibility for their actions because they are surrounded by others who were acting the same way. The same quiet girl probably won't feel compelled to pray for forgiveness for her foul language because she simply does not feel responsible for her actions. It probably wouldn't even cross her mind that she did something wrong. Yet, if she used the same language in a different setting, her moral failing would upset her greatly. Similarly, if the crowd storms the field at the end of the game and causes thousands of dollars' worth of damage to the facility, no one person is going to feel personally responsible.

Define and Illustrate with Examples Each of the Following Concepts