SOC Chp 17 Test 04/28

For a six-month period, students at a local grade school were collecting different types of bottle caps and trading them among themselves. After about 6 months, they lost interest. This is an example of a(n) _____.

• contagion theory

• fad

• fashion

• collectivity

A story spread among students at West High School that the Mid-Winter dance was going to be canceled because fighting had broken out at the last school dance. This is an example of _____.

• collective behavior

• a rumor

• contagion theory

• a fad

In the past few years, sport utility vehicles have become increasingly popular with young families across the country. This is an example of _____.

• a collectivity

• a fad

• a fashion

• contagion theory

Forty years ago, soccer was rarely played in the U.S. However, Americans saw that it was widely played in other countries, and today soccer leagues are commonplace in the U.S. This is an example of ____.

• collective behavior

• diffusion

• discovery

• invention

An organization's goal is to discourage people from wearing leather, fur, or similar products made from animals. On weekends, they typically protest in front of stores selling fur coats, carrying signs and yelling slogans. This is an example of a(n) ____.

• mob

• riot

• expressive crowd

• acting crowd

A(n) ____ is an organized armed conflict that occurs between two countries in Eastern Europe.

• riot

• war

• revolution

• mob

____ happens when a fire occurs in a crowded nightclub and several people are trampled to death as other patrons make a rush for the exits.

• Riot

• Mob

• Panic

• Mass hysteria

Several hundred college students believe their team lost a tournament because of a referee mistake and rampage occurs through their town's business district, breaking windows and committing other acts of vandalism. This is known as _____.

• a riot

• a mob

• mass hysteria

• panic

A(n) ____ happens when a group of people band together and beat up a man who has been accused of molesting a child, forcing him to leave town.

• riot

• panic

• mass hysteria

• mob

A dictatorship is violently overthrown by a group of young people who want to institute a democratic form of government. This is know as a(n) )))).

• revolution

• war

• mass hysteria

• mob