diffusion of responsibility

A Dictionary of Psychology | Date: 2001

diffusion of responsibility n. A reduced sense of personal responsibility and individual accountability experienced in certain circumstances by members of a group, often leading to behaviour untypical of any of the group members when alone. See bystander effect, deindividuation, social loafing.


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