Effects
of fear on Conformity and Fixation of Escape Behavior
N. Kugihara |
The
aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of fear on
the conformity and fixation of the subject's behavior in the choice
of an escape route. The experiment was conducted in a 2 (fear vs
non-fear) x 60 (trials) factorial design. The results were as follows:
1) fear facilitated conformity, that is, almost all the subjects
rushed to and gathered in one of the available routes in the fear
condition, 2) subjects in the fear condition tried repeatedly to
escape through a certain route without changing the route.
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