Exam 16: Collective Behavior, Social Movements, and Social Change

___________was a French scholar and one of the first social scientists to theorize about explanations for crowd behavior.

Widespread discontent alone does not produce a social movement.

The first U.S. sociologist to investigate crowd behavior was ___________.

Propaganda is ____________.

Sometimes acts of civil disobedience become violent, as in a confrontation between protesters and police officers. In this case, a protest crowd becomes a(n) ___________crowd.

"New Age" movements today and the Women's Christian Temperance movement of the past are both examples of __________ movements.

Discuss the frame analysis approach to the study of social problems that is rooted in the symbolic interactionist perspective.

Some emergent norms give people a shared conviction that they may disregard ordinary rules such as waiting in line, taking turns, or treating a speaker courteously. These are termed ___________norms.

___________theory emphasizes the importance of social norms in shaping crowd behavior.

Contrary to the beliefs of Bourdieu and Simmel, in contemporary society fashion often "trickles up."

___________crowds are made up of people who come together for a scheduled event and thus share a common focus.

___________refers to the discontent that people may feel when they compare their achievements with those of similarly situated persons and find that they have less than they think they deserve.

A(n) ___________is a number of people who share an interest in a specific idea or issue but who are not in one another's immediate vicinity.

___________refers to unsubstantiated reports on an issue or subject.

The text observes that most sociological research on fashion has focused on___________ .

___________theory takes into account the complexity of social movements and makes it possible to test assertions regarding the necessary and sufficient conditions that produce such movements.

A ___________is a temporary but widely copied activity enthusiastically followed by large numbers of people.

Contrast the five major types of social movements in terms of the types and extent of change each seeks to produce.

Radical terrorists who use fear tactics to intimidate those with whom they disagree ideologically are members of __________ movements.

Movements are more likely to occur when a person, class, or agency can be singled out as the source of the problem. This illustrates the condition of___________ within value-added theory.