Psychology in an emergency: Science Weekly podcast

As the bushfires continue to rage across Australia, thousands of people have ended up face to face with the emergency. It ’s hard to imagine how you would behave in a disaster like this. Would you panic? Or act quickly and be organised? More than 50 years of psychological and sociological evidence covering mass emergencies shows that people typically behave with cooperation and coordination.Nicola Davis speaks to John Drury, professor of social psychology at the University of Sussex, about why this is, and hears from Guardian Australia ’s deputy culture editor,Stephanie Convery, about the firesContinue reading...

Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 17, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Presented by Nicola Davis and produced by Madeleine Finlay Tags: Science Psychology Environment Emergency planning Australia news Source Type: news