Love Canal residents were engaging in___________ behavior when they called attention to their problems with the chemical dump site by staging a protest in which they "burned in effigy" the governor and the health commissioner to emphasize their displeasure with the lack of response from these public officials.

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The actions of the Love Canal residents can be classified as "mob" behavior, as they were a group of people who were reacting to a perceived problem and staging a public protest to express their dissatisfaction with government officials. While their actions may have been confrontational or aggressive, they did not escalate to the level of a riot, and while they were a group of people, they were not necessarily organized in a structured or cohesive way, which would rule out the use of the term "aggregate." The term "nuclear" is not applicable to this situation.

Love Canal Residents Were Engaging In___________ Behavior When They Called