Exam 21: Collective Behavior and Social Movements

In _____, an imagined threat causes physical symptoms among a large number of people.

_____ consist(s) of large numbers of people who are dissatisfied about things and organize either to promote or to resist social change.

In _____, fear that some evil threatens the well-being of society grips a large number of people. Hostility, and sometimes violence, is then directed toward those thought to be responsible.

Partial, rather than total, change is sought by which social movement?

The abortion movement does not end because

_____ social movement seeks to alter only some specific aspects of people and institutions.

The level of membership of a social movement that is most dedicated to the cause is the

Sociologists have identified five stages in social movements. What are they?

Some social change is promoted by a

An agent provocateur is someone who

Moral panics thrive on

The reason that rumors thrive on ambiguity is because

In 1938, a radio dramatization of H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds set off a(n)

How people think about an issue is called

_____ is the condition of being so fearful that one cannot function normally and may even flee.

Who participates in riots?

_____ is a novel form of behavior that briefly catches people's attention.

The gatekeepers to social movements are

Project Minerva, which uses university professors, is an example of the

_____ is an excited group of people who move toward a goal.