Exam 21: Social Movements and Collective Behavior

Like other forms of behaviour,collective behaviour lacks an official division of labour,hierarchy of authority,and established rules and procedures.

Compare and contrast the value-added and resource mobilization theories as theoretical explanations of social movements.

Which term refers to an organized group that acts consciously to promote or resist change through collective action?

At a rally to protest the slaughter of cattle,Jeff becomes increasingly angry.Although not usually violent,he takes his boot and throws it at an executive for the Alberta Beef Industry.According to Le Bon's contagion theory,what happened?

Compare and contrast alternative and resistance movements.

The 1994 riot at the Prison for Women in Kingston is an example of which type of crowd behaviour?

What usually brings about social change?

Which term best describes a crowd whose members are engaged in violence against an infamous politician outside a government building?

According to value-added theory,which of the following is NOT a condition for social movements?

Which statement best describes the environmental justice movement?

What is one major shortcoming of resource mobilization theory?

Emergent norm theory points out that crowds are largely rational.

Resistance movements that seek to prevent change that has already occurred are also referred to by what other name?

Anti-smoking and drug-free movements are examples of what kind of movement?

Frame analysis is often criticized for its ideational biases.

Under what conditions are reform movements most likely to succeed?