There are many forms of collective behavior. List and discuss at least three of the major forms of collective behavior cited in the textbook
What will be an ideal response?
1. Lynchings: a group of people who take justice into their own hands by killing someone they suspect of wrongdoing.
2. Riots: violent crowd behavior aimed against people and property.
3. Moral panics: large numbers of people become intensely concerned, even fearful, about some behavior they think threatens morality, and the fear is out of proportion to the reality.
4. Panics: people become so fearful in a situation that they cannot function normally, and may even flee.
5. Rumors: unfounded information spread among people.
6. Fad: a novel form of behavior that briefly catches people's attention.
7. Fashion: a pattern of behavior that catches people's attention, but lasts longer than a fad.
8. Urban legends: stories with an ironic twist that sounds realistic, but are false.
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a. Library of Congress b. Alcoholics Anonymous c. Zero Population Growth d. United States Government
The text observes that children imitate models for behavior and are rewarded by parents and others for whatever is perceived as sex-appropriate behavior. This reflects which theory of socialization?
a. social learning b. self-identification c. gender schema d. symbolic interactionism
Friedrich Engels developed an early theory of family life making the claim that men gained control of women's sexuality as a means to protect their own wealth. This claim is the foundation for which type of theoretical analysis?
A. social-exchange analysis B. symbolic-interaction analysis C. structural-functional analysis D. social-conflict analysis
Traditional Chinese families lost prestige with an increase in generations living in the household
a) True b) False