Early theories of collective behavior emphasized ________ a view that crowd behavior is like a mental illness that a person cannot resist ?

Related Mcqs:

1. All early sociologists emphasized that_____________?

   A. sociology should follow scientific method
   B. Sociology should be on personal theories
   C. Sociology is not a science
   D. None of these

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. The most all-encompassing type of collective behavior is_____________?

   A. public opinion
   B. social movements
   C. rumors
   D. crowds

7. The most all-encompassing type of collective behavior is_______________?

   A. public opinion
   B. social movements
   C. rumors
   D. crowds

8. The Muqaddimah is an early Muslim view of______________?

   A. society
   B. social Change
   C. universal History
   D. all of above

9. Sreberny-Mohammadi (1996) argues that national cultures can resist American cultural domination of the media by_____________?

   A. domesticating its content including more home-produced programmes
   B. controlling the distribution of imported products by banning satellite dishes
   C. creating reverse flows of their own programmes back to imperial societies
   D. all of the above

10. ________________ view standards of deviant behavior as merely reflecting cultural norms whereas __________ and _______________ theorists point out that the most powerful groups in a society can shape laws and standards and determine who is (or is not) prosecuted as a criminal ?

    A. conflict theorists’ functionalists labelling
    B. labelling theorists conflict functionalist
    C. functionalists conflict labelling
    D. conflict theorists’ labelling functionalist