SOC 1010 Chapter Notes -Collective Behavior, Sexual Assault, Mass Hysteria
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Collective behavior: extraordinary activities carried out by groups of people. Forms and examples of these collective behaviors: Riots: violent crowd behavior against people or property. Ex) arson, vandalism and looting after the killing of george floyd. Rumors: based on ambiguity, killed by facts, short lived, thrive on importance and sources. Panics: people so fearful that they cannot function normally. Ex) someone yells fire in a crowded theater. Mass hysteria: real experience with no explanation. Ex) the june bug- while some people were actually bitten by the bug, anxiety was the probable cause of the symptoms. No evidence suggests there is a bug that causes flu like symptoms. Moral panics: when large numbers of people become fearful of what they. Fashions: a behavior pattern that catches people"s attention, lasting longer consider deteriorating morals. Social movements: consist of large numbers of people who organize either promote or resist social change. 3 reasons why people join social movements.
