Mental Crowd Simulators

Daydreaming is a temporary reprieve from reality, whether if it’s during the shower, a few minutes before bed, or while you’re on the

The question that I intend to study is: How do shy people react in a crowd? (do they become aggressive/ assertive as per mob psychology, or shrink as per their personality)? There are various theories regarding the mode of behavior in a crowd. Some, such as Freud, posit that people' behavior changes in a crowd and they become more restless and less individualistic. Mob theory, in fact, is born form this which asserts that crowds are the source of volatile conduct where diverse people gang together for a particular cause. Minds merge and each person's enthusiasm becomes increased as a result. On the other hand, you have the Convergence theory that posits that the cause is born beforehand and that people join the crowd in order to put their cause into practice. The crowd, in other words, enables them to accomplish their objective and it makes them more enthusiastic and entrenched in their mission. Social psychologists leBon (1895) and Zimbardo (1969) see the crowd as an instigator of individuation. Stimuli such as mergence into a larger whole, the rush of the environment, the pressure of the crowd, the sensory overload and so forth blur mental input and causes a deindivdualistic individual to appear. One thing that is remarkable about all of these theories is that they tend to generalize assuming categorical behavior to all individuals and providing the aspect of 'crowd' with anthropomorphic qualities. Indeed, Schweingruber and Wohlstein (PsyBlog.com) point out that crowd

I want to give you all the advantages I can. Taking an important test is stressful. Stress can make it difficult to focus. I want to take that stress away so you can walk in to take the exam with confidence.

My plan is to rehearse my speeches more, and to become comfortable with speaking to strangers in a professional manner. I believe if I become more confident when speaking to strangers one on one, it will increase my confidence speaking to multiple strangers. This will improve my stance, and could help me speak more slowly and clearly. Increasing the amount of times I rehearse a speech before presenting it may help me remember what I need to say. This could decrease the amount of times I must look at my notes, and help me make more eye contact with my

When it comes to listening to someone talk about a topic longer than a couple minutes and I am not writing anything down I start to day dream. There are some tactics that I could take to improve my listening skills to help me become better at my speeches. Correspondingly, while listening to other people give speeches I could take notes on what I liked and disliked about the way they presented their speech. By listening to their speech I could be getting feedback for my own and it could help me make my speech better. Not only could I take notes on others speeches, but I can also volunteer to be one of the first ones to give mine. If I volunteer to be, not the first one, but one of the first ones to go I would not be so focused on thinking about my speech and would be able to relax and listen to others. As shown above, I have set specific goals for myself to achieve and I believe I can accomplish

I remember the first time the speech assignment was given out. It was simple because it was about introducing myself in six words within thirty-seconds. I couldn’t think of any words at all until the night before when I finally made up my mind about the most common words that my friends choose for me. I thought thirty-seconds was very short, but when I got in front of the room, it was long. I notice I stilled have fifteen seconds left when I finished my speech. After a few more speeches I was getting better, by pacing myself and not rushing to

Then, I rush to my friends. They have got to remember what I am supposed to say. They of course think I am kidding because I have only practiced my speech, what? 2 times!!!??? They think I have practiced it

Of course, this seems obvious. But if you feel confident that you’ve thoroughly prepped, you’ll feel more confident walking into the test.

Overall elements of my speech that I enjoyed were my strong facial expressions and my ability to maintain enough eye contact with the audience. Elements I could work on was not showing the audience how nervous I was going up, practice on my body language and not try to move too much when presenting. Work on my pace while I read and try not to stumble across things. To ensure improvement practice ahead of time and make sure it’s constant, not just the night before the speech, but a few days in advance or whatnot.

After conducting research on the internet, I have found five speech anxiety reducing techniques that I believe will work for me while preparing for and giving a speech. The five techniques I chose to reduce my speech anxiety are meditation, listening to music, having fun and not being too serious, engaging and interacting with the audience, and slowing down and using pauses in my speech. These techniques will better help me understand and control my speech anxiety. Meditation is a great way to relax your mind and body, especially the day of a speech. It ensures that you are calm, focused, and anxiety free. I will use meditation before a speech as a way to find inner peace by finding a quite, comfortable place to sit, breathing deeply, and focusing

Now, giving a speech can be a little stressful so I will put into practice what I preach, that is...always remember the ABC to the XYZ of public speaking. ABC..Always Be Confident, ?XYZ..Xamine Your Zipper. (check zipper).

This essay will explore how deindividuation theory might explain the looting behaviour that can sometimes accompany crowd riots. The core concepts and assumptions of the deindividuation theory will be critically evaluated. The potential strengths and limitations of this theory will be considered, as an explanation of crowd looting. The social identity approach on crowd behaviour will be used in contrast of the deindividuation approach. Research and evidence will be used from social psychology to formulate an argument.

In the past, I have given speeches, but never in the style of how we did it in this class. Previous speeches I have given have been read aloud directly from a paper I had written. I have never given a speech that required memorization or speaking based off of a key-word outline, so this experience was very new to me.

Public Speaking is a form of communication that is used in everyday life. When tasked to speak before a group of people, it can often be challenging, but keeping the audience engaged is the hardest job of all. Preparing a speech takes multiple steps; the best part about it is that no matter the topic of the speech, the process never changes.

Speakers need many skills to speak in front of audiences. If the speaker does not practice for their presentation, that can make his or her presentation poor. Practicing the presentation allows speakers to enjoy it and audiences as well. Presentations are not just a set of sentences or a random collection of thoughts. A presentation contains a number of specific elements without which it would be meaningless and useless. A successful speech is considered to be one that provides a new perspective on an older issue or topic.