CHAPTER 17

Question 1

The actions of a large group of people who are responding in a similar way to an event or situation

Answer 1

Collective Behavior

Question 2

A relatively large aggregation or group of individuals who display similarities in actions and outlook

Answer 2

Collective

Question 3

Actions taken in common by group members (clustering, queueing, surging, marching, jogging, running)

Answer 3

Movement

Question 4

Stance assumed by members in the space (sitting, standing, jumping, bowing, kneeling)

Answer 4

Positioning

Question 5

Alternation of objects in the setting (throwing or moving objects)

Answer 5

Manipulation

Question 6

Gesturing such as saluting and signaling (raise middle finger, power fist, L sign with fingers)

Answer 6

Gesticulation

Question 7

Communication through language forms (chanting, singing, praying, reciting, pledging)

Answer 7

Verbalization

Question 8

Communicating with paralinguistic sounds (ooh-ing, ahh-ing, cheering, booing, whistling, laughing)

Answer 8

Vocalization

Question 9

Moving in particular formation w/in the space (clustering, arcing, ringing, gazing, facing, vigiling)

Answer 9

Orientation

Question 10

the spread of behaviors, attitudes, and affect through crowds and other types of social aggregations from one member to another

Answer 10

Congtagion

Question 11

Assumes that individuals with similar needs, values, or goals tend to converge to form a single group

Answer 11

Convergence Theory

Question 12

3 Important Predictors of Engagement

Answer 12

Sense of Injustice
Efficacy
Social Identity

Question 13

Relative deprivation occurs when individuals feel that their personal or their group’s attainments are below their expectation

Answer 13

Sense of Injustice

Question 14

Believe that their personal involvement can make a difference

Answer 14

Efficacy

Question 15

Fraternal deprivation (group-level) and egoistic deprivation (individual-level)

Answer 15

Social Identity

Question 16

A collective can be so powerful that it can transform nearly anyone, no matter what their personal characteristics and suggests that people can become so deeply submerged in the group that they no longer stand out as individuals and creates a “reduction of inner restraints”.

Answer 16

Philip Zimbardo’s Theory of Deindividuation

Question 17

an experiential state caused by a number of input factors, such as group membership and anonymity, that is characterized by the loss of self-awareness, altered experiencing, and atypical behavior

Answer 17

Deindividuation

Question 18

An explanation of collective behavior suggesting that the uniformity in behavior often observed in collectives is caused by members’ conformity to unique normative standards that develop spontaneously in those groups.

Answer 18

Emergent Norm Theory

Question 19

A gathering of people in a public location whose members torment, tease, or goad others

Answer 19

Baiting Crowd

Question 20

suggests that collective do not experience loss of identity rather another aspect of their identity (collective, social identity) is augmented in collective.

Answer 20

Social Identity Theory

Question 21

provide members an enlarged view of the self, based not just on individual qualities but also on collectivistic qualities and do not lead to deindividuation but to a depersonalized sense of self

Answer 21

Collectives

Question 22

People can enjoy psychological well-being only when they are able to establish and maintain their own unique identities

Answer 22

Individuation

Question 23

There is a common assumption that crowds are unique social aggregations

Answer 23

The Myth of Madding Crowd

Question 24

assume that atypical groups are staffed by atypical people

Answer 24

Convergence Theories

Question 25

often misunderstood and mismanaged, but the field of group dynamics offers a means of dispelling this ignorance

Answer 25

Collectives