SOC 148 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Gustave Le Bon, Collective Behavior, Wish Fulfillment
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10 questions or less that are short answer. Answer specifically the best you can write what the questions asks. Cb and ca not completely opposite, but mostly that they put a different emphasis. Many people concentrated in space and time disaster hits, you have to act. Psychologically painted the picture of the person in the crowd (the term he coined) Stuck with the essence part of a mass that are not rational lost their ability to be reasonable because they were in a crowd. Blumer didn"t like how collective behavioralism was so negative toward groups. He started to look at the way people think. Why people succumb to group behavior, especially collective behavior, is when they enter a social situation, there is a moment of interpretation that happens. Ex: entering a party, lots of people in the room (collective) You scan, figure out what"s happening, and you can relax after. That moment of interpretation acts like a buffer.
