Deck 14: Urban Society: City Life and Collective Behavior

Question 1

How does Georg Simmel explain why people who live in major cities often do not want to get involved in issues that do not directly impact them?

A) Most urbanites do not have time to get involved.
B) Most urbanites are protecting themselves from over-stimulation.
C) Because urbanites are the group most likely to engage in deviance.
D) Most urbanites purposely reject norms.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

According to your textbook a city is defined by:

A) Its size
B) The diversity of its inhabitants
C) The complexity of activities of its residents
D) All of the above.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

A crowd that cheers its sports team and throws streamers is considered to be a(n) _________.

A) Emotive crowd
B) Dyadic crowd
C) Situational crowd
D) Expressive crowd

Answer 3

D

Question 4

The Million Man March in 1995 that celebrated black manhood and engaged political action was an example of a(n) __________.

A) Emotive crowd
B) Deliberate crowd
C) Protest crowd with an expressive element
D) Expressive crowd

Question 5

An urban legend is

A) An unsubstantiated story containing a plot that is widely circulated and believed.
B) A fictitious story that has a particular life lesson or moral.
C) When people in one particular area frantically respond to a perceived danger.
D) Both A and

Question 6

Overurbanization occurs when,

A) A country comes to have too many urban areas.
B) A country's economy has not developed enough to employ their urban population.
C) Urbanization has spread into suburban and rural areas.
D) None of the above.

Question 7

A hinterland is

A) An area that is rural in nature and depends upon agriculture to provide local resources.
B) An area that relies on one major local economic product.
C) An area that is largely dependent upon regional consumerism.
D) An area that is dependent upon local cities for good, services, and markets.

Question 8

A practice whereby mortgage lenders and insurance companies refuse to provide loans or sell insurance in certain neighborhoods, usually ones that are racially mixed or predominantly black, which makes it harder for African Americans to purchase homes. This activity is called ______.

A) Social exclusion
B) Social inclusion
C) Redlining
D) Racial steering

Question 9

A practice whereby real estate agents direct whites towards housing in all-white neighborhoods and blacks towards housing in all-black or racially-mixed neighborhoods is called:

A) Social exclusion
B) Blacklining
C) Racial steering
D) Customary segregation

Question 10

A practice whereby government has the right to secure private land from its owners for free or at very low prices for the greater good is known as ___________.

A) Eminent domain
B) Domingus writ
C) Habeas corpus
D) Assimilation

Question 11

Language can be the subject of a fashion.

Question 12

Racial steering continues to be a widespread way to discriminate today.

Question 13

Redlining transforms housing in racially mixed or largely minority neighborhoods from owner-occupied to renter-occupied housing.

Question 14

Redlining typically contributes to the abandonment of buildings, homes, and apartment buildings in a community.

Question 15

Suburbanization is not entirely the choice of local people within a particular area.

Question 16

In crowds people lose their individuality and members will usually follow the leaders of the group.

Question 17

The main difference between a mob and a riot is that a riot is less focused on a particular target.

Question 18

How do scholars define "city"? Is it based on size of population or some other key feature? Answer and discuss.

Question 19

What percentage of the current US population live in cities or urban areas? How has this changed over time?

Question 20

What has the pattern of urban growth looked like over time? In other words, describe in what types of cities the US saw surges of growth during various eras up until today. Where do you think we will next see growth?

Question 21

Describe the urban hierarchy in the U.S. How might this be related to functional specialization?

Question 22

What is the difference between gemeinschaft and gesellschaft, according to sociologist Ferdinand Toennies? Begin by defining both terms and then contrast them.

Question 23

How can the size of urban crowds that witness an incident or crime effect the outcome of the event? Discuss.

Question 24

Define collective behavior. What are the unique features of collective behavior? How do norms function in collectivities and how might this impact individual behavior within the group?

Question 25

Describe what one sociologist meant when he said "the individual in the crowd behaves just as he would alone, only more so". What concept is he referring to?

Question 26

What is pluralistic ignorance? How might this impact the reactions of individuals given certain urgent situations that can occur in an urban society?

Question 27

What is the difference between an expressive crowd and a protest crowd? Begin by defining each term and compare and contrast them.

Question 28

According to Farley and Flota, urban segregation takes place for various reasons. What are the causes of racial segregation in housing in U.S. society? What are some forms of racial housing segregation?

Question 29

Explain Georg Simmels arguments regarding why urbanites do not want to get involved in situations that take place in their urban communities.

Question 30

Define gesellschaft and gemeinschaft and contrast the two terms. Explain the effects on society from both arrangements.

Question 31

Identify and discuss the three key characteristics that make up a community.

Question 32

Describe the growth of urbanization in Europe and the United States. How and why did urban growth occur? What key factors played a role in urbanization around much of the world?

Question 33

How do sociologists explain why given various disturbing events such as a violent crime, urbanites will often not want to "get involved", such as not calling police or intervening in such cases?

Question 34

What reasons do Farley and Flota cite as explanations of why people in crowds often behave differently than they ordinarily would? Identify and discuss three reasons for this behavior.

Question 35

What is a panic? When and why do they occur? Begin by defining the term and then discussing panics and how they progress. Provide two examples of a panic that progresses to its derived phase.

Question 36

How do mass hysterias differ from panics? Contrast the two, provide an example of each one, and begin by defining each term.

Question 37

Define the terms
a) racial steering and
b) redlining. How do these practices determine the demographics in various communities in a region? What broader issues might be associated with these practices? How widespread are both and which groups are most impacted?