Social change

Question 1

What is Collectivity?

Answer 1

Collection of people who do not normally interact and who do not share clearly defined norms.

Question 2

What does Contagion Theory state?

Answer 2

Members of crowds stimulate each other to higher and higher levels of emotion and irrational behavior.

Question 3

What is Convergence Theory?

Answer 3

States that crowds are formed by people who deliberately congregate with like-minded others.

Question 4

What is Diffusion?

Answer 4

Process by which one culture or society borrows from another culture or society.

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What does Emergent Norm Theory state?

Answer 5

States that norms develop to guide crowd behavior.

Question 6

What is a Fad?

Answer 6

Unusual behavior or pattern that spreads rapidly and disappears quickly.

Question 7

What is Mass Hysteria?

Answer 7

Collective anxiety created by the acceptance of one or more false beliefs.

Question 8

What is a Mob?

Answer 8

Emotional crowd ready to use violence for a specific purpose.

Question 9

What is a Reformative Movement?

Answer 9

Involves the attempt to make limited changes in society.

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What does Resource Mobilization Theory focus on?

Answer 10

Social movements focus on the use of resources to achieve goals.

Question 11

What is a Revolutionary Movement?

Answer 11

Involves attempts to change the total structure of society.

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What is a Riot?

Answer 12

Episode of largely random destruction and violence carried out by a crowd.

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What is a Rumor?

Answer 13

Widely circulating pieces of information that are not verified as being true or false.

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What is Social Change?

Answer 14

New societal behaviors with important long-term consequences.

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What is a Social Movement?

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Involves a goal to promote or prevent social change.

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What is an Urban Legend?

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Moralistic tale which focuses on current concerns and fears of the city or suburb dwellers.

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What does Value Added Theory state?

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States that holding certain conditions must exist for social movements to occur.

Question 18

Group Think- self deceptive thinking that is based on conforming to the group’s beliefs and created by group pressure to c

Question 19

Coercion- An interaction in which individuals or groups are forced to behave a particular way

Question 20

annis Dahavior that matches the group’s expectations

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Looking Glass Self- An image of yourself based on what you believe others think of you

Question 22

In Group- Type of group demands intense loyalty

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Reference Grup- Type of group has norms which guide behavior and which you identify with the most.

Question 24

Social Class- segment of society whose members hold similar amounts of resources and share values

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norms

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Self Concepi- An image of you as having an identity separate from others

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Social Exchange- A voluntary action performed in the expectation. of getting a reward in reward

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Social Interaction- The process of influencing each other as people relate

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Social Mobility- The movement of individuals or groups between social classes

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Socialization- The process of learning to participate in a group

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Status- A position a person occupies within a social structure

Question 31

Stratification- A ranking of people or groups according to their unequal access to scarce resources