| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 309 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-304) and index. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Collective behavior.
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Collective behavior. |
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Panic.
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Panic. |
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Disasters -- Psychological aspects.
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Disasters -- Psychological aspects. |
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Attachment behavior.
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Attachment behavior. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Mawson, Anthony R. Mass panic and social attachment. Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2007 (DLC) 2006031580 |
| ISBN |
9780754685876 (electronic book) |
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075468587X (electronic book) |
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9780754648802 |
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075464880X |
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