Which of the following is a critique of the emergent norm approach?
A. Crowds develop norms that govern their actions.
B. Crowds often emerge out of shared sets of norms among the participants.
C. It overemphasizes the part that people’s reactions play in collective behavior.
D. Copycat behavior may occur in a group, but an explanation limited to this factor is unlikely to fully account for collective behavior.
Ans: B
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