Question 1

What is a "disaster"? What are three types of disasters? Give an example of each.

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Question 2

What have sociologists learned about disasters? What are the three types of disasters? Provide an example of each.Explain why the social damage caused by a disaster may end up being more serious than the property damage.

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Question 3

Define "fashion" and "fad" so that their differences are clear.

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Question 4

What is propaganda? Provide an example of propaganda.

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Question 5

What is claims making? Why is this process important to the success of a social movement?

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Question 6

What is a crowd? How is it different from a social group? Describe the main characteristics of the five major forms of crowds: casual, conventional, expressive, acting, and protest crowds.Provide an example of each.

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Question 7

Provide a one-sentence description of the convergence theory of crowd formation.

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Question 8

What is the difference between "rumor" and "gossip"? Give an example of each.

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Question 9

How does collective behavior differ from the other social patterns of interest to sociologists? What are the difficulties in studying collective behavior? What do you see as the special benefits of doing so?

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Question 10

Based on the discussion found in the final box in the chapter

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Question 11

Describe contagion theory, convergence theory, and emergent-norm theory.What are the points of similarity and difference between these three theories? Discuss the strengths of each theory, as well as the points that may be criticized.

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Question 12

What is public opinion? Do all people's opinions have the same importance? Why or why not?

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Question 13

What is a "panic"? What is a "moral panic"

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Question 14

Provide a one-sentence description of the emergent-norm theory of crowd behavior.

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Question 15

Explain the political-economy theory of social movements.Provide a criticism of this theory.

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Question 16

Sociologists have developed a number of theoretical explanations of social movements.Identify the six theoretical approaches noted in the text and provide an account of each.What do we learn from each? What are the criticisms of each? On the basis of this material, do you think we have developed an adequate understanding of social movements? Why or why not?

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Question 17

How does deprivation theory differ from mass-society theory as an explanation of social movements? Which do you think is more accurate? Why?

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Question 18

Name and define four types of social movements.How are they different?

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Question 19

How do "new social movements" differ from older social movements?

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Question 20

What are the four stages in the life course of a social movement?

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Quiz 23: Collective Behavior and Social Movements