Mawson, Anthony R.

Mass panic and social attachment the dynamics of human behavior / [electronic resource] : Anthony R. Mawson. - Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2007. - xvii, 309 p. : ill.

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

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.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






Collective behavior.
Panic.
Disasters--Psychological aspects.
Attachment behavior.


Electronic books.

HM871 / .M39 2007

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