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sam and I'm Neil. There was a huge crowd of people waiting at the train station this morning, neil.

When the train finally arrived, everyone rushed in, and I couldn't find a seat.

I hate crowds,

but you love going to the football match on Saturday?

Ah, well, that's different. More like a big group of friends.

Well, whether it's sporting events, train stations or political protests, crowds, that's large groups of people who gather together for a shared activity are a feature of life.

For some, crowds create feelings of excitement and a sense of community, while for others, they feel uncomfortable, confusing or even dangerous.

So why is that? In this program, will be discussing the role of crowds in modern life, asking why they evoke different reactions in people.

And as usual, we'll be learning some new vocabulary as well.

But 1st, I have a question for you, neil.

The biggest crowd in history happened in 2019, when over 200 million people gathered in the northern Indian sissy of al Ahabad.

But what did so many people come together for?

Was it A-A cricket match, be a religious festival, or c an election?

Well, I know Indians love cricket, but I doubt 200 million people would fit into a stadium, so I'll guess it's see and election.

OK? Now, we'll find out the answer later in the program.

People gathering for a cricket match or a music concert are usually happy events, but crowds can have a darker side as well.

They can become out of control and sometimes even violent.

Here's psychologist Professor John Jury discussing this idea with an Andergassia, presenter of the BBC World Service program, appropriately named crowd science.

But when people get together in a crowd, they regress psychologically.

Their thinking is more primitive. They become more gullible.

And that's also associated with a supposed tendency towards violence as well.

But according to John, the idea of mob mentality, that people in crowds are irrational and prone to destructive behavior, just isn't backed up by research.

One view is that when people get together in a crowd, they become irrational, psychologically speaking.

They regress, they return to a less advanced, more primitive way of behaving.

They may also become more gullible, an adjective, meaning easily tricked, or willing to believe everything someone says.

Connected to this is the phrase mob mentality, the tendency of people in a group to behave in the same way as others in the group, rather than as individuals.

In crowds, people may do things they would never do alone, like steel or use violence.

But according to Professor Dreary, in reality, it's not mob mentality and violence, but rather feelings of safety and togetherness that actually characterize crowds.

And according to Doctor and Templeton, another expert on crowd psychology from the University of Edinburgh, that's especially true when you identify with the other people in a crowd.

Here's Doctor Templeton explaining more to BBC World Service program crowd science.

The more people feel like they are a part of a group with others in the crowd, the more enjoyable experience they have.

There is a correlation between having that social identification and feeling safer.

So often, if we feel like we are in a group with others, we expect them to look after us.

The flip side of that is when you don't feel as much part of the group, and you're not having his positive experience.

Dr Templeton thinks there is a correlation, that's a connection, or a link, between being among people who share your values and feeling safe.

Football fans cheer their team on by wearing the same colors and singing the same songs, and this works as a kind of glue, bonding the crowd together and making them feel safe.

The disadvantage of this, however, is when you don't feel part of the crowd you're with.

Doctor Templeton calls this the flip side, the opposite, less good or less pleasant aspect of something.

In today's world. Crowds are important because of the feeling of power they give us.

It's one thing sitting alone, shouting at the news on television, but it's something else altogether to march on a political protest with hundreds of demonstrators, feeling that together you could change the world.

Maybe that's what everyone was doing in sam right?

In my question, I asked you why million people gathered in the Indian city of Alahabad in I guessed it was to vote in an election.

Was all right,

you were wrong, I'm afraid, neil.

In fact, the biggest crowd in history had been gathered for a Hindu religious festival, the cab Mela, which 220000000

people attended over 50 days. OK, let's recap the vocabulary we've learned from this program on crowds, large numbers of people who gather together for a shared reason to Regress means return to less advance, more primitive behaviors.

Regress is

the opposite of progress. Someone who is gullible is easily tricked and will believe anything people say.

The phrase mob mentality describes the tendency of people in a group to behave in ways that conform with others in the group, rather than as individuals.

A correlation is a connection, or a link between two things.

And finally, the flip side of something means those aspects of it which are less obvious, good or pleasant.

The flip side of this program is that once again, our 6 min are up.

Bye for now. Bye. Six minute English from the BBC.

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