A. public opinion
B. social movements
C. rumors
D. crowds
Related Mcqs:
- The most all-encompassing type of collective behavior is_______________?
A. public opinion
B. social movements
C. rumors
D. crowds - Early theories of collective behavior emphasized ________ a view that crowd behavior is like a mental illness that a person cannot resist ?
A. contagion
B. convention
C. group thinks
D. expressiveness
E. reformation - While a role is the behavior expected of one in a particular status role behavior is_____________?
A. Actual behavior
B. Supposed behavior
C. Ascribed behavior
D. None of these - According to Smelser’s model which of the following determinants of collective behavior occurs first ?
A. growth of a generalized belief
B. precipitating factors
C. structural conduciveness
D. structural strain - What theory argues that only certain people will be attracted by the opportunity to participate in a given episode of collective behavior ?
A. Contagion
B. Convergence
C. Emergence
D. Structural
E. Reformist - The value-added model of collective behavior ?
A. presents three preconditions for collective behavior
B. states that each determinant expands the range of potential final outcomes
C. is of little use in understanding the complexity of collective behavior.
D. none of the above - Emergent norm theory argues that collective behavior arises when expectations regarding how to act are_____________?
A. clear
B. explicit
C. encouraged
D. vague
E. repeated - in Durkheim,s work the term collective representations refers to______________?
A. effervescent ceremonies that create a feeling o belonging
B. images of gods or totems that are widely recognized
C. shared ideas and moral values often symbolized by an object or figurehead
D. ideological tools used to obscure class divisions - The concept of collective consumption is most closely associated with______________?
A. Hervey
B. Molotch
C. Castells
D. Saunders - The term collective consumption (Castells 1977) refers to____________?
A. the privatization of public services by the Conservative government
B. the lifestyle practice of shopping in peer groups
C. the form of tuberculosis suffered by those who collect stamps
D. the provision of health housing and education services by the state