Mass panic and social attachment
Subtitle: the dynamics of human behavior
By: Anthony R. Mawson.
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hampshire, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 309
ISBN-13: 9780754648802
Subjects: Collective behavior.; Panic.; Disasters -- Psychological aspects.; Attachment behavior.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-304) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Current theories of panic; title: Theories of affiliation; title: The theory of walters and parke; title: Protection from predators : Bowlby's theory; title: Arousal and stimulation-seeking overview; title: Cognitive maps and susceptibility to influence; title: Affiliation as stimulation-seeking : a theory of attachment formation; title: Stimulation-seeking and group dynamics; title: Panic as stimulation-seeking; title: Aggression; title: The social context of panic; title: Panic flight as affiliative behavior; title: Review of current theories of panic; title: Havens of safety; title: Panic as stimulation-avoidance; title: Two systems of arousal; title: Towards a neurophysiological theory of emotional behavior; title: Summary and conclusions; title: Understanding mass panic and other collective responses to disaster : update.