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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
Groups and power REICHER and Haslam argue (‘Tyranny revisited’, March ... say – usually things harden into accepted practice. In Reicher and Haslam’s study a more hardline approach was ... look at minority groups of all kinds. But the message Reicher...
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...
Media
... that psychologists could be just as interesting, Steve Reicher (St Andrews), Peter Bull (York) and Simon Meyerson ... news conference on the psychology of voting. Steve Reicher discussed the ‘threat discourse’ used throughout ... not against perfection (or...
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...
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....
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....
'All psychology is social'
... of health’ The rules of unruliness – Stephen D. Reicher from the 2017 Latitude Festival Reicher and Haslam also contributed to our Research Digest ... Mick Billig, Albert Bandura, Michelle Ryan, Steve Reicher, Alex Haslam, John Drury, Jamie...
The two psychologies and Coronavirus
... of our choice so critical for humanity. Stephen Reicher, University of St. Andrews John Drury, University of ... of social psychology , 8 (1), 203-239. Drury, J., & Reicher, S.D. (2009). Collective psychological empowerment as ... Journal of Social Issues...
Towards a 'new normal' and beyond
... dealing with a pandemic ...from Jolanda Jetten, Stephen Reicher, Alex Haslam and Tegan Cruwys. The psychology of ... easier for people at mass gatherings? John Drury, Stephen Reicher and Nick Hopkins have some advice. How do we ensure ...
Leicester's lesson in leadership
... put it, are entrepreneurs and impresarios of identity (Reicher et al., 2005). What they communicate will be ... second leg against Athletico Madrid, we asked Haslam and Reicher for an update to their piece. Leicester's enduring ... leadership as a group...
News
... I was filled with trepidation’‚ Professor Steve Reicher of St Andrews University told us. ‘The scene was ... Professor Janak Pandey, of the University of Allahabad, Reicher has interviewed several Culpwasis (pilgrims), and ... there said they felt serene,...