Ch. 17 Sociology

Enthusiastic attachments among large numbers of people for particular styles of apperacnce

• Fads
• Fashions
• Public Opinon
• Riots

A violent acting crowd

• Riot
• Panic
• Rumor
• Urban Legend

 A long term conscious effort to promote or prevent social change.

• Social Movements
• Reactionary movement
• Conservation movement
• Revolutionary movement

 Actions intended to reverse current social trends, and "turn back the clock"

• Social Movements
• Reactionary movement
• Conservation movement
• Revolutionary movement

The Ku Klux Klan is an example of a 

• Social Movements
• Reactionary movement
• Conservation movement
• Revolutionary movement

An unfounded anxiety shared by people who are scattered over a wide geographic area

• Mass hysteria
• Riot
• Fashion
• Panic

A spontaneous and uncoordinated group action to escape some perceived threat

• Mass hysteria
• Riot
• Panic
• Fashions

The organization and effective use of resources

• Resource usage
• Resource management
• Collectivity
• Public opinion

Stories that teach a lesson and seem realistic by are untrue

• Public opinion
• Urban legends
• Riots
• Fads

A form of collective behavior that depends mainly on communication.

• Rumor
• Public Opinion
• Riots
• Fashion