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Author:   Anthony R. Mawson
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.770kg
ISBN:  

9780815390473

ISBN 10:   0815390475
Pages:   330
Publication Date:   29 November 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents: Preface; Introduction; Current theories of panic. Part I Theories of Affiliative Behavior: Theories of affiliation; the theory of Walters and Parke; Protection from predators: Bowlby's theory. Part II Toward a Theory of Social Attachment: 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. Part III Panic: Panic as stimulation-seeking; Aggression; The social context of panic; Panic flight as affiliative behaviour; Review of current theories of panic; Havens of safety; Panic as stimulation-avoidance. Part IV: Further Considerations: Two systems of arousal; Towards a neurophysiological theory of emotional behaviour; Summary and conclusions; Understanding mass panic and other collective responses to disaster: update; Appendix: stimulation-seeking and the organization of behavior; Bibliography; Index.

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Anthony R. Mawson is Professor of Preventive Medicine, Division of Epidemiology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, USA. He has held teaching, research and administrative posts at universities, hospitals, managed care organizations and in private consulting firm

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