Theories on Crisis

Intervention
Hostage Taking Situation
Prepared by:
Vannefaye Natanawan
  Can refer to any situation in which
the individual perceives the sudden
CRISIS loss of his or her ability to use
effective problem-solving skills.
  refers to the methods used to
offer immediate, short-term help
Crisis to individuals who experience an
Intervention event that produces emotional,
mental, physical, and behavioral
distress or problems.
   It aims to reduce the intensity of an
individual's emotional, mental, physical
and behavioral reactions to a crisis.
Purpose Another purpose is to help individuals
return to their level of functioning before
the crisis.
 Script Theory

 It explains a patterned human behavior

based on the concept of scripts.
 Also known as event schemata.
  A body of thought dealing with
rational decision in situations of
conflict and competition, where
Game Theory each participant or player seeks to
maximize gains and minimizes
losses.
Stockholm
Syndrome
  A condition that causes hostages to
Stockholm develop a psychological alliance
Syndrome with their captors as survival
strategy during captivity.
 Lima
Syndrome
  Abductors develop sympathy for
Lima their hostages.
Syndrome  Named after an abduction at the
Japanese embassy in Peru.
 London
Syndrome
  A negative syndrome that may occur
during hostage negotiation in which
harmful and negative feeling is
London developed by the hostage taker against
Syndrome the hostage. Therefore, there are great
chances on the part of the hostage-taker
of killing his/her hostage.
  It emphasizes childhood experiences as
critically important in shaping adult
personality. It stresses the role of the
unconscious in motivating human
Psychoanalytic actions.
Theory  It is primarily devoted to the study of
human psychological functioning and
behavior, although it can also be applied
to societies.
Psychoanalytic
Theory
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