Chapter 13 Slides

Question 1

What is Collective Behavior?

Answer 1

Group behavior that is spontaneous, unstructured, and unconventional

Question 2

What does Spontaneous mean?

Answer 2

More or less unorganized or unplanned

Question 3

What is Unstructured?

Answer 3

There are generally no formal rules

Question 4

What does Unconventional mean?

Answer 4

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

Question 5

What is a Crowd?

Answer 5

A temporary gathering of people who are in the same place at the same time

Question 6

What are the 4 different types of crowds?

Answer 6

Casual
Conventional
Expressive
Acting

Question 7

What is a Casual Crowd?

Answer 7

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

Question 8

What is a Conventional Crowd?

Answer 8

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

Question 9

What is an Expressive Crowd?

Answer 9

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

Question 10

What do Acting Crowds do?

Answer 10

They join together in the same space at the same time and engage in overt behavior in pursuit of a common goal

Question 11

What does Contagion theory argue?

Answer 11

Participation in collective behavior in a crowd spreads through contagion and that people lose themselves and become part of a collective mind

Question 12

What does LeBon say about Contagion theory?

Answer 12

Crowds provide anonymity and when people pick up on an idea it snowballs and grows

Question 13

What does Blumer say about Contagion theory?

Answer 13

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

Question 14

What does Convergence Theory say?

Answer 14

People are predisposed to do something and it wasn’t just because of the crowd. Convergence theory focuses on the individual

Question 15

What does Emergent theory say?

Answer 15

Norms become emerged or become established in unusual situations. When groups find themselves unusual situations crowd members will share information to justify new norms

Question 16

What are the 4 Dispersed forms of Collective behavior?

Answer 16

Fads and Fashions
Panics
Rumors, gossip and urban legends
Disasters

Question 17

What are Fads?

Answer 17

Temporary but highly popular Social Patterns

Question 18

How are fashions described?

Answer 18

Fashions are longer lasting and sometimes revived

Question 19

How are Rumors described?

Answer 19

Unsubstantiated stories about people of event
Distortion occurs overtime when information is omitted or lost, or when information is sharpened and when assimilation occurs. Assimilation occurs when the storyteller focuses on a particular part of the rumor and may embellish it

Question 20

What is Gossip?

Answer 20

Unsubstantiated rumors about specific individuals. It is unconventional, spontaneous and may not be verifiable

Question 21

What are Urban Legends?

Answer 21

Abstract unsubstantiated stories that persist over time and contain an underlying message or warning

Question 22

What is widespread panic?

Answer 22

A generalized belief regarding impending danger that can lead a large number of people to flee and real real engage in other protective measures

Question 23

What is Moral Panic?

Answer 23

Irrational but widespread worry about certain groups present an enormous threat to the social order of society

Question 24

What are the three groups that play a part in moral panics?

Answer 24

The targeted group
The moral entrepreneur that sound the alarm
The media that publicizes it and share it on a larger stage

Question 25

How do disasters affect collective behavior?

Answer 25

They bring about more instances of collect behavior

Question 26

What are Social Movements?

Answer 26

Efforts to change, or resist change in major aspects of society
They are organized, planned, and enduring

Question 27

What are the 4 dimensions of social change?

Answer 27

Type of change
Degree of change
Intended recipients
Means utilized

Question 28

Who do Alternative social movements target?

Answer 28

Specific group/sector and aim for limited change ex. Movements for homeschooling

Question 29

What does Redemptive social movements target?

Answer 29

A specific group/sector and aim for massive change ex. Activists for vegan or vegetarian lifestyle

Question 30

Who do reformative social movements target?

Answer 30

Society as a whole for limited change ex. LGBTQ people to have the same rights as everyone else

Question 31

Who do Revolutionary social movements target?

Answer 31

Society as a whole for massive change

Question 32

What are the 6 factors that facilitate social action?

Answer 32

Structural Conduciveness
Structural Strain
The growth and spread of generalized belief
Precipitating factors
Mobilization of participation for action
Operation of social control