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

When social movements become institutionalized, the initial zeal and idealism of members may diminish and early grassroots supporters may become disillusioned and drop out.

__________ crowds are relatively large gatherings of people who happen to be in the same place at the same time; if they interact at all, it is only briefly.

Mobs, riots, and panics are all examples of __________ crowds.

People in line to buy tickets for a concert and the audience in a movie theater are both examples of a __________.

According to __________ theory, people who are satisfied with their present condition are less likely to seek social change. Social movements arise as a response to people's perception that they have been deprived of their "fair share."

The difference between a fad and a fashion is that________________.

Social movements_________________.

A __________ is defined as a currently valued manner of behavior, thinking, or appearance that endures for a period of time.

Labor movements, animal rights movements, antinuclear movements, Mothers Against Drunk Drivers (MADD), and the disability rights movement are all examples of __________.

Apply the discussion of conditions that lead to the emergence of collective behavior to the role of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring and the emergence of the environmental movement.

Explain Le Bon's contagion theory of collective behavior, including the major criticisms of it.

Distinguish between crowds and masses as forms of collective behavior.

The most common target of social movement activity is __________.

Sociologist __________ suggested a classic "trickle-down" theory to describe the process by which members of the lower classes emulate the fashions of the upper class.

All expressive social movements are religious in nature. ​

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

__________ focuses on the social-psychological aspects of collective behavior; it attempts to explain how moods, attitudes, and behavior are communicated rapidly and why they are accepted by others.

__________ theory is based on the assumption that certain conditions are necessary for the development of a social movement, and that each condition contributes to preceding conditions in making a social movement more likely.

Collective behavior occurs as a result of some common influence or stimulus that produces a response from a/an __________.

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