Content deleted Content added
Jaybreeze123 (talk | contribs) m minor copy edit |
Added free to read link in citations with OAbot #oabot |
||
Line 72:
Perhaps the most researched consequence of pluralistic ignorance from an individualistic perspective is the [[bystander effect]]. In its most rudimentary form, the bystander effect describes a situation in which an individual is witnessing an event that prompts a strong set of emotions, yet they choose not to act on them since the surrounding "bystanders" are making no visible efforts to act, giving the impression that the individual's feelings toward the situation are invalid and not shared.<ref name="Miller-2023" /> This ultimately can result in a lack of action from everyone witnessing the event when action may be the appropriate choice given the situation.<ref name="Miller-2023" />
Maintaining the perspective of the individual, pluralistic ignorance can also cause people to feel alienated from a specific group.<ref>{{Citation |title=Beyond One's Self |date=2012-10-12 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203337998-12 |work=Self-Insight |pages=151–172 |access-date=2023-12-14 |publisher=Psychology Press|doi=10.4324/9780203337998-12 |isbn=9780203337998 |url-access=subscription }}</ref> When one’s personal attitude is seemingly in contrast to the majority, if not all, of those in the group, it can cause the individual to become “embittered” and “suspicious of those around them”.<ref name="Blackford-2019">{{Cite book |last=Blackford |first=Russell |title=The tyranny of opinion: conformity and the future of liberalism |date=2019 |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic |isbn=978-1-350-05600-8 |series=Think now series |location=London New York}}</ref> It may even motivate the individual to speak out against what is the perceived majority view or go completely silent.<ref name="Blackford-2019" />The most probable result is the conformity of the individual in the way they speak and behave, possibly to the point of changing their personal convictions, in what might be the inaccurately perceived majority opinion.<ref name="Blackford-2019" />
==Related Phenomena==
| |||