Chapter 11: Collective Behavior

When do individuals in crowds start to lose control and act without much rationality?

The use of __________ is important to the forming of collective memories?

Authorities explained students’ behavior at the concert using which theory?

Why would a third-world nation with a barter econ. not develop mass hysteria over stock crashes

The American stock market crash in 1929 was representative of which kind of behavior?

Gustave LeBon’s book The Crowd is based on observations of which of the following events?

Radio stations that rely on listener support to stay in business, run the risk of what problem?

Which theory is most likely to incorporate socialstructural cond. in predicting a movement?

The debate whether to stop and look at an accident while driving, slowing traffic is

Steve asks for help on how to act at protests. What form of perception control is Steve using?

Which theorist is most associated with mass hysteria theory?

What is the best predictor of participation in a march or a riot?

Which description is characteristic of a coerced dispersal?

According to LeBon, __________ is one of the main ingredients of contagion theory.

Research shows that ____ are natural products of individuals faced with large power disparities

The vast majority of protests and other collective events exhibit which kind of dispersal?

Most protest marches in the United States are __________.

The March for Life protest against abortion is probably best described as a __________.