Catastrophe!: How Psychology Explains Why Good People Make Bad Situations Worse

by Christopher J. Ferguson

Book Overview

What Happens To Our Minds During Pandemics, Natural Disasters, Terrorist Attacks, and Other Extreme Calamities?

Whether natural or man-made, local or global, disasters impact our thinking and behavior on both a personal and societal level. Even rather ordinary crises in our personal lives like the loss of a job or the end of a relationship trigger overwhelming feelings. At the societal level, group anxieties coupled with the moral pressure...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1633887952
• ISBN13: 9781633887954
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: Prometheus Books
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"