http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/25/us/25mobs.html?src=me
This article talks about what used to be something that used to be a non-violent act, but now in Philadelphia these flash mobs are turning violent. The police have said that they had enough and they are starting to enforce curfew and hold parents responsible for having their children out late in the city. There has been five flash mobs this year in the city, more than in any other part of the United States.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100325/ap_on_re_us/us_philly_teen_mobs_1
This article also quoted Temple University professor Frank Farley is an expert in risk-taking and thrill-seeking personalities. He says the flash mobs attract teens because they offer thrills and attract publicity. Chapter 13 discusses risk taking personality about arousal. It is more likely that the teens who are a part of these flash mobs are high sensation seekers rather than low sensation seekers. There have been findingd that sensation seekers have low levels of monoamine oxidase (Schooler, Zahn, Murphy, & Buchsbaum, 1978).
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