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| Crowd psychology: Crowd psychology explores the behavior and emotions of individuals when they are part of a large group. It examines how collective dynamics influence decision-making, emotions, and actions. Crowds may exhibit unique characteristics, such as heightened suggestibility and anonymity, impacting individuals' behavior differently than when they are alone. See also Group behavior, Groupthink, Social behavior, Emotions, Actions, Decision-making processes, Suggestibility._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Gustave Le Bon on Crowd Psychology - Dictionary of Arguments
Haslam I 12 Crowd psychology/Le Bon: Gustave Le Bon (1895/1960)(1) used careful observations of a range of large groups and collectives to develop an influential theoretical analysis of crowd behaviour that emphasized emotional, irrational and unconscious influences. Le Bon’s perspective on the potentially negative aspects of groups was highly influential, and can be seen as an intellectual precursor to modern research on deindividuation – the potential for an individual to lose his or her sense of self-awareness and accountability when submerged in a group (Zimbardo, 1969(2). >Group behavior, >Coercion, >Persuasion, >Responsibility, >Behavior. 1. Le Bon, G. (1895/1960) The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind (translation of La Psychologie des foules). New York: Viking Press. 2. Zimbardo, P.G. (1969) ‘The human choice: Individuation, reason, and order versus deindividuation, impulse, and chaos’, Nebraska Symposium on Motivation, 17: 237–307. Steven J. Karau and Kipling D. Williams, “Social Facilitation and Social Loafing. Revisiting Triplett’s competition studies”, in: Joanne R. Smith and S. Alexander Haslam (eds.) 2017. Social Psychology. Revisiting the Classic Studies. London: Sage Publications_____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Le Bon, Gustave Haslam I S. Alexander Haslam Joanne R. Smith Social Psychology. Revisiting the Classic Studies London 2017 |
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