The psychological crowd is an adaptive survival resource in emergencies

Evidence

Putting these claims together, we would suggest that, in liberating us from the restrictions of individuality (Turner, 1987), the psychological crowd is a crucial adaptive resource for survival in mass emergencies and disasters. — John Drury and Chris Cocking and Steve Reicher, Everyone for themselves? A comparative…, 126

Categorization

• XREF: Challenges the individualist disaster-response paradigm echoed in mainstream safety messaging; connects to broader skepticism of Western individualism in the knowledge base. — connects to: Bystander intervention research misrepresents mass emergencies where helpers are also potential victims — John Drury, The role of social identity processes…, 20; Group membership framing boosts helping and reduces pushing in emergency simulations. — John Drury, The role of social identity processes…, 57; Shared social identity produces adaptive psychosocial resilience that aids group survival in emergencies. — John Drury, The role of social identity processes…, 107 (+13 more)
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — John Drury and Chris Cocking and Steve Reicher, Everyone for themselves? A comparative…, 126

Related

• Shared social identity produces adaptive psychosocial resilience that aids group survival in emergencies. (similarity 0.90)
• Shared identity turns crowds from irrational mobs into solidarity-based adaptive resources (similarity 0.88)
• Mass emergency behaviour stems from social identity, not panic or irrationality (similarity 0.88)
• Crowds during disasters are a resource for support, not a panic problem. (similarity 0.88)
• A psychological crowd forms from mere co-presence under shared threat. (similarity 0.87)
• Disaster survivors in a crowd describe intense unity with strangers. (similarity 0.87)
• People act collectively in emergencies despite being conditioned toward individual self-interest. (similarity 0.87)
• Shared fate in danger makes strangers act as one group offering help. (similarity 0.86)
• Collective resilience theory now yields practical guidance for disaster practitioners. (similarity 0.86)
• Shared emergent identity from common fate explains collective support amid disasters (similarity 0.86)
• Shared identity that enables crowd helping often emerges during an emergency rather than pre-existing. (similarity 0.85)
• Solidarity among emergency survivors stems from perceiving strangers as oneself. (similarity 0.85)
• Individualistic scrambling in an emergency blocks exits and increases danger (similarity 0.85)
• A shared identity can emerge within a crowd only after an emergency begins. (similarity 0.85)
• Bystander intervention research misrepresents mass emergencies where helpers are also potential victims (similarity 0.84)

Broader Connections

• Facing a shared threat transforms individuals into a psychological crowd with emergent shared identity #expands (0.92) — John Drury, The role of social identity processes…, 49
• Shared emergent identity from common fate explains collective support amid disasters #corroborates (0.88) — John Drury, The role of social identity processes…, 15
• People become more empathetic and resourceful after disasters, not selfish #corroborates (0.80) — Jenny Odell, How to Do Nothing, 123
• Crowd psychology lowers individual responsibility and boosts influence susceptibility #complicates (0.75) — Tim Wu, The Attention Merchants, 399
• Witnessing identity-mates panic or flee can spread that behaviour through crowds #complicates (0.72) — John Drury, The role of social identity processes…, 17