Sociology Chapter 16 Vocabulary

Theory holding certain conditions must exist for social movements to occur

• value-added theory

• alternative movement

• resource mobilization theory

• convergence theory

Widely accepted behavior patterns that changes periodically

• fashion

• panic

• crowd

• revolution

• technology

Theory stating that norms develop to guide crow behavior

• emergent norm theory

• value-added theory

• contagion theory

• convergence theory

Moralistic tale that focuses on curent concerns & fears of the city or suburb dweller

• urban legend

• rumor

• fad

• dispersed collectivity

Social movement that seeks to change people completely

• redemptive movement

• reformative movement

• alternative movement

• revolutionary movement

Organized, armed conflict that occurs within a society or between nations

• war

• equilibrium

• collectivity

• social change

Collectively made up of people who are not physically connected but who follow common rules or respond to common stimuli

• collective behavior

• contagion theory

• dispersed collectivity

• mass hysteria

Series of steps leading to change on a societal level

• social processes

• social change

• urban legend

• riot

• mob

Collective anxiety created by the acceptance of one or more false beliefs

• mass hysteria

• urban legends

• mob

• panic

• riot

Theory that states that crowds are formed by people who deliberately congregate with like-minded others

• convergence theory

• emergent norm theory

• value-added theory

• resource mobilization theory