Collective Behavior – Flashcards
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Interaction among members of collectivities is direct and long-lasting.
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False
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Which of the following is NOT subject to rapid and continual change?
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Urban legends
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Collection of differing attitudes that members of a public have about a particular issue.
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Public opinion
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Panics occur in everyday situations.
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False
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When people become fearful without reason about behavior that appears to threaten society's core values.
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Moral panic
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An expressive crowd is one that forms around emotionally charged activities.
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True
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Relatively spontaneous social behavior which occurs when people try to develop common solutions to unclear situations.
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Collective behavior
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The contagion theory describes how
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public opinion shapes collective behavior.
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Which of the following is an example of the value-added theory?
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The 1992 LA riots
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Fads never die out.
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False
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A temporary gathering of people who are in close enough proximity to interact.
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Crowd
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An unverified piece of information that is spread rapidly from one person to another.
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Rumor
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Stories that teach a lesson and seem realistic but are untrue.
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Urban legends
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An emotionally charged group whose members are united by a specific, and often destructive, goal.
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Mob
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Spontaneous and uncoordinated group action to escape some perceived threat.
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Panic
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This event occurs when a group of people erupt into generalized destructive behavior due to social disorder.
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A riot
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Collective behavior is easy to study.
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False
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Which of the following is NOT one of the six basic preconditions for collective behavior as identified by Neil Smelser?
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Emergent-norm
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A unique feature of rumors is that
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they change as they are passed from person to person.
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Propaganda is an unorganized attempt to shape public opinion.
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False
