Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2007.
Physical Description:
xvii, 309 p. : ill.
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.
