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Author Mawson, Anthony R.

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

Imprint Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2007.

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Description xvii, 309 p. : ill.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Collective behavior.
Panic.
Disasters -- Psychological aspects.
Attachment behavior.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780754648802

 
    
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