5.4.2 - collective behavior and social movement

Question 1

collective behavior

Answer 1

people with no relation to each other form groups in specific circumstances or activities

Question 2

collective behavior is…

Answer 2

diverse
inconsistent
never lasts long

Question 3

four crowd categories are…

Answer 3

1. casual
2. conventional
3. expressive
4. active

Question 4

casual crowd

Answer 4

people that are together for the same reason, but they don’t interact

Question 5

conventional crowd

Answer 5

people gather for an organized event and it is usually predictable (ex: college lectures)

Question 6

expressive crowd

Answer 6

comes together for an exciting event

Question 7

active crowd

Answer 7

formed when something unexpected happens (panic)

Question 8

contagion theory

Answer 8

crowds behavior depends upon emotional interactions where people are in proximity to one another (ex: the people at the concert; if most of the people are excited, a single person is more likely to be excited as well)

Question 9

convergence theory

Answer 9

crowd behavior is the result of the people with similar interests acting together (ex: people with the same goal, values, needs or personalities come together to create a mob)

Question 10

riots

Answer 10

social eruption where violence is usually unexpected (starts off good, ends with conflict)

Question 11

mobs

Answer 11

crowd that pursues a violent or destructive goal

Question 12

mass behavior

Answer 12

collective behavior among people that is spread over a wide geographic area

Question 13

characteristics of rumors:

Answer 13

thrive on uncertainty
unstable
difficult to stop
*can play a big role in social change

Question 14

mass hysteria

Answer 14

large portion of the population panics

Question 15

social movement

Answer 15

large group of people organized to promote or resist particular social change

Question 16

types of social movement

Answer 16

alternative
redemptive
reformative
revolutionary

Question 17

alternative movement

Answer 17

group tries to get people to make a moderate change

Question 18

redemptive movement

Answer 18

radical change for a few people

Question 19

reformative movement

Answer 19

try to make small change, but the impact of the small change is large

Question 20

revolutionary movement

Answer 20

affects everyone because they seek to reform all of society

Question 21

deprivation theory

Answer 21

people are denied to something fundamental for a long period of time

Question 22

resource mobilization theory

Answer 22

social movements are not likely to get started or to succeed until there are enough resources (ex: money, workers, offices)

Question 23

four common stages to social movements

Answer 23

emergence
coalescence
bureaucratization
decline

Question 24

emergence

Answer 24

people express widespread discontent about an issue

Question 25

coalescence

Answer 25

frustrated people organize into a social movement

Question 26

bureaucratization

Answer 26

successful social movement becomes more organized

Question 27

decline

Answer 27

social movements achieve their goals or fall apart