But this is crowd behavior to a degree. There is a process called deindividuation — [a psychological state] in which people react in ways so that their sensitivity to social norms is set aside. So when they cheer on the death of some poor soul who otherwise would get government health care, they are acting in a deinividuated way.
Professor Howard Lavine, on the cheering and “Let him die” response during recent Tea Party events.
Read the rest of this fascinating interview here: The psychology behind ghoulish outbursts at GOP debates
Source: minnpost.com
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