Cog Bias And Emergency Behaviour Flashcards
What is a script?
A sequence of expected behaviors for a given situation
Abelson (1981) Abelson’s theory shows us is that we tend to understand certain situations in terms of their overall “script”, and behave in a way that is reasonably agreeable with the script
Donald - I know more about how people will behave by their location than who they are
Follows social and locational rules
What is a schema?
A heuristic technique
a pattern of thought or behavior that organizes categories of information and the relationships among them
What people wear when going to work vs to a gig
what is a schemata?
A group of schemas
What do scripts, schema and schemata lead to?
a) For public to have expectations about what will happen in certain situations.
And therefore,
b) How they should behave.
These scripts help guide people’s interactions with others and with the physical environment.
Why might people not behave appropriately in an emergency?
• Social learning – it’s only a false alarm.
• Poor knowledge of fire spread/misreading the
situation.
• Embarrassment, social influence.
• “Faulty Scripts” and “Script Breakdown”
Define social learning
A process where new behaviors can be acquired through observing and imitating others
Eg cannabis being a ‘gateway’ drug is primarily due to the social groups who use it might have a more accepting view of other drugs
Define faulty script
Where a script leads to adverse consequences, eg helicopter crash in water people are use to car seat belts to their scripting takes them to the side of a seat rather than their front where the release is
Define script breakdown
where an individuals script for an event fails (through mental, drug induced reasons, can be outside bounds of expected interactions) and the individual exhibits behaviour not perceived as ‘normal’ by reverting to everyday behaviour (shopping in a warzone etc)
Where do faulty scripts come from?
They can come from group behaviour, deliberate grooming/radicalisation - social media algorithms are optimaised for increasing attention, therefore prime tools for encouraging extreme behaviours
Do people panic in an emergency?
No
Drury, Novelli and Scott (2013)
those crowds with whom we do not identify that we find uncomfortable, whereas we actively seek central and even dense locations in those crowds which we categorize as ‘us’
How does belief in disaster myths have the potential to adversely affect the preparation for and management of victims in an emergency?
people plan for the wrong outcomes
eg looking for signs of panic, but only choose signs taken from Hollywood, not real world examples, therefore underestimate cues to look for.
Experience in battlefield triage may work for explosive incidents, but may not be appropriate methodologies in other contexts
What are the two approaches for explaining scripts?
Social roles - your role within the setting
Environment - place you are
