Mass panic and social attachment : the dynamics of human behavior /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Mawson, Anthony R.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2007]
Subjects:	Collective behavior. Panic. Disasters > Psychological aspects. Attachment behavior.
Online Access:	Table of contents only

Table of 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.