Both the Blumer and Le Bon versions of contagion theory contend that people in crowds are
a. rational, conscious decision-makers.
b. irrational and out of control.
c. essentially the same as mercenaries.
d. responding to emergent norms.
e. conforming to group pressure.
B
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