Mass panic and social attachment : the dynamics of human behavior / Anthony R. Mawson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mawson, Anthony R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Collective behavior.

Panic.

Disasters--Psychological aspects.

Disasters.

Attachment behavior.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (330 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Anthony Mawson provides a comprehensive review and synthesis of the mass panic and disaster literature and offers a social attachment model that recognizes the gregarious nature of human beings and the primacy of attachments. He argues that the typical response to threat and danger is neither fight nor flight, nor social breakdown, but increased affiliation and camaraderie.

Contents:

Introduction

Current theories of panic

Theories of affiliation

The theory of walters and parke

Protection from predators : Bowlby's theory

Arousal and stimulation-seeking overview

Cognitive maps and susceptibility to influence

Affiliation as stimulation-seeking : a theory of attachment formation

Stimulation-seeking and group dynamics

Panic as stimulation-seeking

Aggression

The social context of panic

Panic flight as affiliative behavior

Review of current theories of panic

Havens of safety

Panic as stimulation-avoidance

Two systems of arousal

Towards a neurophysiological theory of emotional behavior

Summary and conclusions

Understanding mass panic and other collective responses to disaster : update.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-304) and index.

ISBN:

1-351-15318-8

1-281-09906-6

9786611099060

0-7546-8587-X

OCLC:

476278397