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

• Autore: Mawson Anthony R
• Pubblicazione: Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; ; Burlington, VT, : Ashgate, c2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (330 p.)
• Disciplina: 155.9/35
• Soggetto topico: Collective behavior; Panic; Disasters - Psychological aspects; Attachment behavior
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-304) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Mass panic and social attachment
• ISBN: 1-351-15318-8; 1-281-09906-6; 9786611099060; 0-7546-8587-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910784609903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II