SOC 1105 Lecture Notes - Red Power Movement, French Revolution, Symbiosis
12 Jun 2014
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A process where existing social conditions led to changes in how a person sees themselves. A shift from an individual to group mentality. This can have the affect of allowing deviant behaviour to become more prevalent. Convergence theory collective behaviour is often results from the convergence of like minded people, predisposed to participating in some form of collective activity, at particular events. Collective violence at some rock concerts may be result of violence prone people being attracted to the event. 50 cent- alleged drug dealer, shot a lot theory developed in 70"s largely due to hard-rock people collectively come together and they are collectively prone to violence. Just following the crowd often leads people to deviant behaviour deviant behaviour emerges in crowd. Applicable primarily, to the occurrence of social movements in large industrialized societies- example- civil rights movement, gay and lesbian rights, youth movements etc.
