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2001 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

The process of momentary diffusion of members' behavioral patterns in a collectivity

Research Project

Project/Area Number 10610126
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 教育・社会系心理学
Research InstitutionKyushu Institute of Technology

Principal Investigator

KUGIHARA Naoki  Kyushu Institute of Technology, Engineering, Professor, 工学部, 教授 (60153269)

Project Period (FY) 1998 – 2001
Keywordspanic / leadership / affiliation / majority / group uniformity / deindividuation / social identity / social loafing
Research Abstract

With regard to this theme, the following four studies were conducted.
1. The first study examined the effects of group size (12 vs 24 subjects) and percentage of the subjects starting with majority behavior (50 %, 67 %, 83 %) upon the process of achieving behavioral uniformity. Each subjects was given a B5 size card having different colors on the front and the back and showed either side of the cards to others. Subjects shared the goal of achieving uniformity by selecting one of two color options. Analysis indicated that (1)group size did not affect time to complete unanimity, (2)transition probability toward majority was dependent upon not only the percentage of individuals at a given moment but also the percentage of the subjects in the beginning.
2. The second study models escape behavior in emergency situations and compare the ability of deindividuation and social identity-based explanations. The former suggests an unconscious or unregulated process whereas the latter implies a more conscious and socially regulated process. The results suggest the conscious process of the norm formation and spread
3. On June 13, 1996 Garuda Indonesia Airlines Flight 865 failed to take off from Fukuoka International Airport and crashed. The third study has examined the impact on group rationality according to the differences in degrees of threat caused by physical factors (i.e., fire and smoke, destruction of the cabin) and human factors. The result revealed that the physical threat did not lower the degree of group rationality but rather raised it. Family ties were not destroyed, and ordinary leadership roles and helping behavior became more apparent in the severely damaged area of the plane.
4. The fourth study investigated gender difference in diffusion of social loafing among men and women in Japan. The results showed that the women tended to loaf less than men.

  • Research Products

    (11 results)

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All Publications (11 results)

  • [Publications] Naoki Kugihara, Seiichi Sato, Akiko Soejinia: "The process of achieving group uniformily"PSychological Reports. 83. 755-766 (1998)

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  • [Publications] Naoki Kugihara: "Mob Panic!"Rivers and Japan : A Magazine on Rivers. 12. 21-22 (1998)

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  • [Publications] Naoki Kugihara: "Gender and social loafing in Japan"Journal of Social Psychology. 139. 516-526 (1999)

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  • [Publications] 佐藤静一, 釘原直樹: "リーダーシップPMの相乗効果に関する数理解析"熊本大学教育学部紀要. 49. 67-73 (2000)

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  • [Publications] Naoki Kugihara: "Effects of aggressive behaviour and group size on collective escape in an emergency : A test between a social identity model and deindividuation theory"British Journal of Social Psychology. 40. 575-598 (2001)

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  • [Publications] 釘原直樹: "心理学リーディングス 第9章 群集の中で パニック"ナカニシヤ出版. 245 (2001)

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  • [Publications] Naoki Kugihara, Seiichi Sato & Akiko Soejima: "The process of achieving group uniformity"Psychological Reports. 83. 755-766 (1998)

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  • [Publications] Naoki Kugihara: "Mob Panicl Rivers and Japan"A Magazine on Rivers. 12. 21-22 (1998)

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      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Publications] Naoki Kugihara: "Gender and social loafing in Japan"Journal of Social Psychology. 139. 516-526 (1999)

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      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Publications] Seiichi Sato, Naoki Kugihara: "The mathematical analysis of the interactive effect of leadership P and M"Memories of the Faculty of Education, Kumamoto University. 49. 67-73 (2000)

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  • [Publications] Naoki Kugihara: "Effects of aggressive behavior and group size on collective escape in an emergency : A test between a social identity model and deindividuation theory"British Journal of Social Psychology. 40. 575-598 (2001)

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      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より

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