People act together because shared identity lets each expect others will join

Evidence

Thus, the study has for the first time demonstrated the role of expected support as a fulcrum for solidarity processes in disasters. The results are in line with a social identity model in which expected support arises from shared social identity-we expect support from them because ‘they’ are ‘us’-and enhances collective efficacy and participation in coordinated social support -we feel able to act and we take collective action because we know that others will join in (Drury, 2012). — John Drury and Rupert Brown and Roberto González and Daniel Miranda, Emergent social identity and observing…, 130

Categorization

• corroborated: 3 independent passages support this claim — John Drury and Rupert Brown and Roberto González and Daniel Miranda, Emergent social identity and observing…, 130
• XREF: connects to: Shared identity generates expectations of support and trust among group members — John Drury, The role of social identity processes…, 16; Shared fate in danger makes strangers act as one group offering help. — John Drury, The role of social identity processes…, 47; Shared identity with a crowd increases helping and decreases pushing others aside. — John Drury, The role of social identity processes…, 56 (+14 more)

Related

• Shared identity generates expectations of support and trust among group members (similarity 0.90)
• Shared identity in crowds produces solidarity and expected mutual support. (similarity 0.89)
• Observing others act together drives disaster solidarity more than identification (similarity 0.88)
• Shared identity with a crowd increases helping and decreases pushing others aside. (similarity 0.88)
• Expecting support from fellow survivors enables coordinated collective action. (similarity 0.87)
• Shared emergent identity from common fate explains collective support amid disasters (similarity 0.87)
• Shared social identity is the causal variable predicting solidarity among disaster strangers. (similarity 0.86)
• Shared danger makes people feel close to strangers and motivates mutual help. (similarity 0.86)
• Shared identity turns crowds from irrational mobs into solidarity-based adaptive resources (similarity 0.86)
• Shared identity can be an outcome of mutual aid, not only its cause (similarity 0.86)
• Collectively experienced trauma makes victims identify as one group, motivating help (similarity 0.85)
• Shared fate in danger makes strangers act as one group offering help. (similarity 0.85)
• Collective coordination and efficacy depend on others’ co-action, unlike one-to-one support. (similarity 0.85)
• Coordinated collective action requires others’ co-action, not just identification (similarity 0.85)
• Shared identity that enables crowd helping often emerges during an emergency rather than pre-existing. (similarity 0.84)

Broader Connections

• Shared identity underpins commoner formation and collective action. #corroborates (0.90) — Jessica Carrick-Hagenbarth, Institutional Bricolage and Commoning…, 133
• Shared fate converts a stranger crowd into a functioning group. #expands (0.85)
• Collective identity and shared grievances reinforce each other bidirectionally #expands (0.80) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 4428
• A psychological crowd forms from mere co-presence under shared threat. #qualifies (0.80) — John Drury and Chris Cocking and Steve Reicher, Everyone for themselves? A comparative…, 104
• Collective identity is a shared place in the social world #expands (0.78)
• Social norms make people present stable identities that others can trust #expands (0.75)