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21 Cards in this Set
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Collective Behavior
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Activity involving a large number of people that is unplanned, often controversial, and sometimes dangerous
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Collectivity
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A large number of people whose minimal interaction occurs in the absence of well-defined and conventional norms
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Crowd
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A temporary gathering of people who share a common focus of attention and who influence one another
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Mob
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A highly emotional crowd that pursues a violent or destructive goal
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Riot
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A social eruption that is highly emotional, violent, and undirected
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Mass Behavior
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Collective behavior among people spread over a wide geographic area
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Rumor
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Unconfirmed information that people spread informally, often by word of mouth
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Gossip
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Rumor about people's personal affairs
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Public Opinion
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Widespread attitudes about controversial issues
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Propaganda
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Information presented with the intention of shaping public opinion
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Fashion
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A social pattern favored by a large number of people
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Fad
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An unconventional social pattern that people embrace briefly but enthusiastically
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Panic
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A form of collective behavior in which people in one place react to a threat or other stimulus with irrational, frantic, and often self-destructive behavior
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Mass hysteria
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A form of dispersed collective behavior in which people react to a real or imagined event with irrational and even frantic fear
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Disaster
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An event, generally unexpected that causes extensive harm to people and damage to property
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Social Movement
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An organized activity that encourages or discourages social change
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Claims Making
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The process of trying to convince the public and public officials of importance of joining a social movement to address a particular issue.
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Relative Deprivation
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A perceived disadvantage arising from some specific comparison
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Contagion Theory
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Views crowds as anonymous, suggestible, and swayed by rising emotions
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Convergence Theory
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States that crowd behavior reflects the desires people bring to them
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Emergent-norm theory
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suggest that crowds develop their own behavior as crowds form
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