Chapter 13 Slides Flashcards
What is Collective Behavior?
Group behavior that is spontaneous, unstructured, and unconventional
What does Spontaneous mean?
More or less unorganized or unplanned
What is Unstructured?
There are generally no formal rules
What does Unconventional mean?
It’s not just normative behavior (ex everyone wearing pants to class) it not really collective behavior it’s just a normative conventional thing that we all abide by
What is a Crowd?
A temporary gathering of people who are in the same place at the same time
What are the 4 different types of crowds?
Casual
Conventional
Expressive
Acting
What is a Casual Crowd?
A gathering of people who by proximity alone happen to be in the same location at the same time. They are not a form of collective behavior because each group is doing their own thing
What is a Conventional Crowd?
A group of people who have gathered in the same place at the same time because of a common shared interest or objective. This doesn’t usually lead to collective behavior or action
What is an Expressive Crowd?
A gathering of people who share a common interest and are gathered at the same event at the same time with a explicit participatory purpose. Ex fans at a football game
What do Acting Crowds do?
They join together in the same space at the same time and engage in overt behavior in pursuit of a common goal
What does Contagion theory argue?
Participation in collective behavior in a crowd spreads through contagion and that people lose themselves and become part of a collective mind
What does LeBon say about Contagion theory?
Crowds provide anonymity and when people pick up on an idea it snowballs and grows
What does Blumer say about Contagion theory?
Initially crowds are just milling around but being together aimlessly makes people excited and they becomore sensitive and responsive to each other which leads to collective excitement and this leads to contagion
What does Convergence Theory say?
People are predisposed to do something and it wasn’t just because of the crowd. Convergence theory focuses on the individual
What does Emergent theory say?
Norms become emerged or become established in unusual situations. When groups find themselves unusual situations crowd members will share information to justify new norms