The following points highlight the four important theories of crowd behaviour. The theories are: 1. Crowd Mind Theory 2. The Induced Emotion Theory 3. Social Facilitation Theory 4. Unconscious Induction Theory. Theory # 1. Crowd Mind Theory: LeBon has put forth some important point to explain the causes of action crowd or mob. He holds that the origin of crowd [...]
After reading this article you will learn about: 1. Meaning of Crowd 2. Types of Crowds 3. Characteristics. Meaning of Crowd: A crowd is said to be a collection of individuals who are all attending to some common objects, their reaction being of a simple prepotent sort and it is accompanied by some strong emotional responses. The collection of human [...]
The upcoming discussion will update you about the difference between group and crowd. 1. A group is more or less permanent while a crowd is very short lived or transitory in nature. 2. A group can any time turn to a crowd and a crowd can also any time turn to a group. 3. In a crowd, there is emotional [...]
