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diffusion of responsibility
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Wow, I thought that was just called being a "Follower"
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The crowd can have "mass hysteria" meaning they can hysterical as a group many times unreasonable hysteric. But you mean the crowd just freezing and doing nothing when some action should be taken. I'll think on it.
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apathy maybe, not something I would consider.
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Mass Pass The Buck Behaviour.
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"Group Think" is the only thing that comes to mind when I hear the scenario. Everyone in the crowd is easily motivated by a "leader" which they may be waiting for to signal it's "ok to take action".
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I don't know what the term is other than not wanting to get involved. Chicken. Insecure. Uninvolvement. Wanting to run away and not see what is going on.
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