SOCPSY 1Z03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: 2011 England Riots, Gustave Le Bon, Collective Behavior
30 Mar 2015
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Collective behavior is two or more persons engaged in behavior judged common. Collective behavior or concerted on one or more dimensions. Crowds are temporary gatherings of people in close physical proximity, engaging. This unanimity leads participants to think, feel, and act in ways that are different than if each member were alone. Participants may engage in: one common activity (singing) concerted action (rescuing victims) a large variety of activities (milling around, looting, etc. ) Some argue that a mental unity of the crowd exists. The crowd: a study of the popular mind (1895) Crowds create anonymity and reduce perceptions of personal responsibility. Le bon: individual identity and self-control disappears, giving way to primitive, Classic crowd models: contagion theory barbaric state a unanimous mass. In dense crowds, imitation of behaviours spreads quickly, creating appearance of. Theories are not developed in a historical vacuum. Le bon developed his classical model of crowds in response to:
