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Tyranny revisited - Groups, psychological well-being and the health of societies
... This denies the capacity for human agency and choice (Reicher & Haslam, in press). And it suggests that – ... analysis easily ends up excusing the inexcusable (Haslam & Reicher, 2006). Beyond Stanford – The BBC Prison Study We ... first summarised in...
Impact: From riots to crowd safety
... the riot took place. In particular, I had just read Steve Reicher’s paper on the St Pauls riot which was published in the European Journal of Social Psychology (Reicher, 1984). I loved the way that in this paper Steve not ... the St Pauls study. But after...
Letters
Taking a lead against evil Alexander S. Haslam and Steve Reicher’s excellent article (‘Questioning the banality of ... near you. I was particularly pleased to read Haslam and Reicher’s emphasis on the role of leadership as a central ... dramatically in the Milgram...
The road to Christchurch: A tale of two leaderships
... Christchurch killer is an ‘engaged follower’ (Haslam, Reicher & Van Bavel, 2019). That is, he is someone who ... and even unawareness of what they are doing (see Reicher, Haslam & Miller, 2014), we argue that such people ... ‘we’ should act to advance...
News
... thinking in police forces worldwide? Professor Steve Reicher (University of St Andrews) and his colleagues ... order practices designed to limit conflict. Professor Reicher explained: ‘The four principles are: education, to ... ). Regarding the police response...
The psychology of physical distancing
... and attendees. John Drury (University of Sussex) Stephen Reicher (University of St Andrews) Nick Hopkins (Dundee ... 1 June 2020. References [1] Novelli, D., Drury, J., & Reicher, S. (2010). Come together: Two studies concerning ... 49 , 223–236. [2...
Coronavirus – Psychological perspectives
... public response Don’t personalise, collectivise! Stephen Reicher and John Drury The two psychologies and Coronavirus An updated and expanded consideration from Reicher and Drury, with Clifford Stott The truth about panic Stephen Reicher, John...
'Resilience requires those in authority to be honest, open and consistent'
... ignored. Top crowd psychologist Professor Steve Reicher was interviewed on Good Morning Britain about ... approach was adopted (' we're all in this together '). Reicher knows what he's talking about as – along with other ... So, for...
Don't personalise, collectivise!
... these considerations are powerful motivators of action (Reicher & Haslam, 2009). What is more, once certain actions ... always, the best regulation is collective self-regulation (Reicher et al., 2004). The difficulty with this approach, ... society. We...
Far from the maddening crowd
... Jon Ronson , praising the work of psychologists Stephen Reicher, Alexander Haslam and Clifford Stott, we thought we ... consider the impact of others on our behaviour. Stephen Reicher with Alexander Haslam Tyranny revisited – the ... are collected on their BBC...
The rules of unruliness
... of that liberal echo chamber, don’t you think? But Steve Reicher once said to me, ‘Jon, the problem’s not that ... conducting new ones – this is something that Professor Reicher has done , and when you do that, the more you do ... further ado, I’m going to hand...
Back to the ballot box
... worlds expand. Social psychologist Professor Steve Reicher (University of St Andrews) points to large-scale ... therefore illusory.’ What can politicians do about this? Reicher refers to the use of symbolic politics in order to ... workers against welfare...
The Riots: a comment special
... the escalation into Tottenham High Road and beyond (Reicher & Stott, 2011). Taking this into account it should be ... – Nurturing the British model of policing. London: HMIC. Reicher, S. & Stott, C. (2011). Mad mobs and Englishmen: ... something when...
Deception in psychological research – a necessary evil?
... (e.g. Orne & Holland, 1968; Patten, 1977). For example, Reicher and Haslam (2011) have posited a social identity ... with the scientific authority figure (also see Haslam & Reicher, 2007). However, that debate notwithstanding, the ... nearly five...
Questioning the banality of evil
... psychology of Nazi functionaries in general (see Haslam & Reicher, 2007a, for a review). They all suggest that very few ... own prison study (conducted in collaboration with the BBC; Reicher & Haslam, 2006, and www.bps.org.uk/pris ) suggests a ......
A web of coronavirus perspectives
... the fore during the crisis. Before lockdown began, Stephen Reicher and John Drury were urging ‘ don’t personalise, ... and society. We have to collectivise – or we die.’ Reicher, Drury and Clifford Stott returned to the importance ...
Big picture
... is not chaotic, according to psychologist Professor Steve Reicher (St Andrews University). ‘People organise ... by Clare Cassidy, Nick Hopkins, Mark Levine and myself,’ Reicher says. ‘Since then we have been working with an ...
‘What is remarkable about what we've achieved is that it's unremarkable’
... of social psychologists Chris Cocking, John Drury, Stephen Reicher and others . The Elaborated Social Identity Model (ESIM) of crowd behaviour developed by Reicher suggests that a common identity emerges among people ... of illegitimate attacks from an outgroup...
The truth about panic
... to expert commentators is: don’t say panic ! Stephen Reicher, Wardlaw Professor of Psychology, University of St. ... Turner Publishing Company. [v] Drury, J., Cocking, C., & Reicher, S. (2009). Everyone for themselves? A comparative ... (2nd Ed., pp. 63–...
Experiencing the ‘surveillance society’
... surveillance. Social psychologists Alex Haslam and Steve Reicher note that one of the offshoot findings of the ... (the social identity model of deindividuating effects: Reicher et al., 1995) to facilitate insights into CCTV use ... in public space. In T....
Letters
... their outcomes in the affected regions and elsewhere. Reicher and Haslam, for example, have eloquently offered ... risks on their lives. Nor is it a direct challenge to Reicher and Haslam, whose work I much enjoy reading. It is ...
The damages of Brexit in Northern Ireland
... and to render them a focus for contestation (Hopkins & Reicher, 2011; Oakes et al., 1994). On the one hand, the ... early days of the process (for a relevant discussion see Reicher and Hopkins, 2001). Indeed, the desire for restoring ... https://doi.org/10....
10 lessons for dealing with a pandemic
... their situation, explaining and encouraging adherence (Reicher & Stott, 2020). Trust the people! All the foregoing ... Eliza Southwood Key sources Bonell, C., Michie, S., Reicher, S. et al. (2020). Harnessing behavioural science in ... the social cure....
Book Reviews
... Influence and Power S. Alexander Haslam, Stephen D. Reicher & Michael J. Platow We are all fascinated with ...
Celebrating the Mind Changers
... well-being and the health of societies (Stephen Reicher & S. Alexander Haslam) Questioning the banality of evil (S. Alexander Haslam & Stephen Reicher) Letters: Dealing with toxic behaviour (Craig Haney, Alexander Haslam, Stephen Reicher...