Talk:Crowd psychology

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

WikiProject on Psychology
Portal		 This article is within the scope of WikiProject Psychology, which collaborates on Psychology and related subjects on Wikipedia. To participate, help improve this article or visit the project page for details on the project.
Start This article has been rated as Start-Class on the quality scale.
Mid This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the importance scale.

Article Grading: The following comments were left by the quality and importance raters: (edit comments - comment history - watch comments · refresh this page)

ya... i wanted to ask something but there wasn't anything here so... here you go! ________________________________________________________________________________ does anyone one know a good book i can buy on crowd psychology? preferably leaning towards a balance of psychology and behaviorology (i have no idea how to spell that.) if you know a good one please email me at ghostwolf29@gmail.com

Although "crowd psychology" is one (old-fashioned) name for this topic, it is not a satisfactory one. The article itself shows this, since the theories discussed in it have mostly been worked out by sociologists; in fact, the article would fit into many an introductory sociology textbook. The article (minus its present title) could appropriately be incorporated into the existing article on "collective behavior," crowds being one of the several forms of collective behavior which are defined there.

Contents

[edit] Better example needed

I've slightly reworded the example for convergence theory, but a different example that's less US-specific (and perhaps less emotionally charged) might be beneficial. El T 03:21, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

i think one could add more information about the theory of Elias Canetti, especially for its broader, world-centered grasp. Laur

i add to the last comment that the German "Masse und Macht" site has a section of comparison with Le Bon and Freud: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masse_und_Macht#Canetti_in_Abgrenzung_zu_Le_Bon_und_Freud Laur

[edit] Rewrite suggested

The grammar on this page seems horrible. There are too many "would be"s and all kinds of uncertain-sounding statements. I've found numerous typos and a bunch of incorrect information. Would somebody who knows what they're talking about please make it sound *good*? I did what I could within the scope of my knowledge on the subject (not too much) and the amount of time I'm willing to invest in this.

[edit] Mass psychology redirects here

I only know about mass psychology in the context of Wilhelm Reich's book Mass Psychology of Fascism, and that is something quite different from what the present article deals with. __meco (talk) 19:17, 8 March 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Edit needed

The line 'whose Mein Kampf insisted on Le Bon's work' seems rather awkward. Should it not be '...whose Mein Kampf drew heavily on Le Bon's work'? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Stephen A (talk • contribs) 23:32, 11 May 2008 (UTC)