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__________ is a factor that increases the likelihood that a social movement will occur.

A) ​Quick and easy communication among people
B) ​Rigid social control mechanisms
C) ​Multiple locations for gathering
D) ​Having the courage to act alone

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Hare Krishna, Scientology, the Unification Church, and the Divine Light Mission are all examples of __________ movements.

A) ​alternative
B) ​reform
C) ​resistance (regressive)
D) ​religious (expressive)

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Sociologists refer to a form of dispersed collective behavior that occurs when a large number of people react with strong emotions and self-destructive behavior to a real or perceived threat as mass hysteria or __________.

Sit-ins, marches, boycotts, blockades, and strikes are all examples of __________ crowds.

Students gathered at a college lecture are an example of a(n) ___________ crowd. The event has a preestablished schedule and norms so that interaction is likely. The crowd is essential to the event.

Social movements sometimes fit the definition of mass behavior.

Crowd behavior is irrational.

__________ was a French scholar and one of the first social scientists to theorize about explanations for crowd behavior.

In 1938, actor Orson Welles hosted a radio broadcast dramatizing H. G. Wells's science fiction classic The War of the Worlds. A CBS radio dance music program was interrupted suddenly by a news bulletin informing the audience that Martians had landed in New Jersey and were in the process of conquering the earth. The ensuing reaction was an example of __________.

Not all collective behavior takes place in face-to-face collectivities. __________ behavior is collective behavior that takes place when people who may be geographically separated from one another respond to the same event in much the same way.

Contrary to the beliefs of Bourdieu and Simmel, in contemporary society fashion often "trickles up."​

Describe the stages of development common to many social movements.

"New Age" movements today and the Women's Christian Temperance movement of the past are both examples of __________ movements.

Convergence theory has been criticized because it does not explain___________.

When a gunman recently shot into a crowded movie theater in Colorado, what occurred in the theater would be termed a(n) __________.When a gunman recently shot into a crowded movie theater in Colorado, what occurred in the theater would be termed a(n) __________.

Propaganda refers to generally false information that is disseminated by those in power in efforts to fool the public into accepting their perspective.

__________ refers to the discontent that people may feel when they compare their achievements with those of similarly situated persons and find that they have less than they think they deserve.

__________ reflects the influence of sociologist Erving Goffman's Frame Analysis, in which he suggests that our interpretation of the particulars of events and activities is dependent on the framework from which we perceive them.

Many credit Rachel Carson's book __________ as a stimulus for collective behavior geared toward environmental concerns.

In the __________ stage of a social movement, people begin to organize and to publicize the problem. At this stage, some movements become formally organized at local and regional levels.