Deck 23: A: Collective Behaviour and Social Movements

Question 1

Contagion theory was proposed by Gustave Le Bon.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Some riots are fueled by hate,but some riots are caused by positive emotions.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Convergence theory suggests crowd behavior comes from the people who join the crowd.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

In recent decades,many fashions born among the poor have become popular among people who are more affluent.

Question 5

While gossip may spread throughout a society,rumor is localized.

Question 6

Collective behavior is generally easy to explain.

Question 7

In industrial societies,traditional style gives way to changing fashion.

Question 8

According to Georg Simmel,trendsetters are usually people from the lower class.

Question 9

One type of crowd can easily change into another type.

Question 10

Disasters and mobs are both examples of collective behavior.

Question 11

Fads are sometimes called "crazes."

Question 12

Convergence theory claims that crowds can have a hypnotic effect on participants.

Question 13

People in crowds who act emotionally are not necessarily acting irrationally-there may be a good reason for the strong emotion.

Question 14

To a passing observer,all types of collective behavior appear very much the same.

Question 15

Another name for "mass hysteria" is "moral panic."

Question 16

Unlike a mob action,a riot usually has a clear goal.

Question 17

Propaganda,by definition,involves statements that are false.

Question 18

Only a handful of actual mob lynchings in the United States have ever been documented.

Question 19

Fashion and fads,riots,crowds,mass hysteria,and public opinion are all types of collective behavior.

Question 20

People sitting on a beach are one example of a casual crowd.

Question 21

"New social movements" tend to be about "bread-and-butter" economic issues.

Question 22

Kai Erikson claims that,as serious as many disasters are,they usually are over quickly.

Question 23

A major oil spill from a ship would be an example of a "natural disaster."

Question 24

We can expect to see international social movements in the future.

Question 25

Culture theory would argue that a photograph or some other symbol often serves as the rallying point for forming a social movement

Question 26

Social movements rarely bring about significant social change.

Question 27

All social movements call for basic change to all of society.

Question 28

The "coalescence" of a social movement includes its efforts to "go public."

Question 29

During the winter semester of 2012,university students in Quebec protested against the provincial government's plan to lower tuition,believing this would impact their quality of education.

Question 30

William Kornhauser's mass-society theory suggests that involvement in social movements is likely among people with strong social ties.

Question 31

Social movements are common in preindustrial societies.

Question 32

Some social movements continue,even after they achieve their original goal.

Question 33

William Kornhauser's mass-society theory claims that social movements are personal as much as political in that they offer people a sense of meaning and purpose.

Question 34

Women have been at the forefront of most social movements.

Question 35

Significant public issues are likely to give rise to a social movement favouring change and one opposing it.

Question 36

Political-economy theory links social movements to opposition to the capitalist economy.

Question 37

The scope of social movements is likely to increase in the future.

Question 38

Neil Smelser argues that an effective social movement need not have a clear statement of the problem nor a clear understanding of a solution.

Question 39

Social movements need resources,including members,in order to succeed.

Question 40

Genocide-the systematic killing of many people-is an example of an "intentional disaster."

Question 41

Every social movement makes a claim about how the world should be.

Question 42

Local problems in Afghanistan have no implications for the rest of the world.

Question 43

Whatever the goal of a social movement,there will always be people who oppose its efforts.