Describe John Lofland's typology of the emotions behind spontaneous collective behavior, giving examples

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Lofland cross-classifies the most significant emotions--fear, hostility, and joy--motivating collective behavior with the setting--crowd or mass--in which it occurs. Crowd fear--panic exodus from burning theater; crowd hostility--lynch mobs; crowd joy--sports event. Mass fear Three-mile Island; mass hostility--waves of cross-burnings; mass joy--disco.

Sociology

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A) Conflict theorists B) Symbolic interactionists C) Functionalists D) Feminist theorists

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In _____ countries, people tend to keep their emotions in check and not express them openly

A. affective B. attentive C. open D. neutral

Sociology

Describe the structural functionalist perspective on sexual violence. Then describe the latent function for sexual violence.

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Sociology