Mass panic and social attachment [electronic resource] : the dynamics of human behavior / Anthony R. Mawson.
Publication details: Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2007.Description: xvii, 309 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:- 155.9/35 22
- HM871 .M39 2007eb
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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.
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