Collective Behavior Quiz

Collective behavior involves action that often

• a. is unplanned.

• b. involves a large number of people.

• c. is controversial.

• d. All of these responses are correct.

Collective behavior is difficult to study because

• a. it involves only one particular kind of behavior.

• b. it is often transitory—that is, it is brief and passing.

• c. it is always violent.

• d. people object to being watched.

Which of the following is NOT a form of collective behavior?

• a. a fad

• b. mass hysteria

• c. a deviant subculture

• d. public opinion

What occurs when people try to develop common solutions to unclear situations?

• a. collective behavior

• b. mass hysteria

• c. collectivity

• d. a crowd

A collectivity involves a large number of people

• a. with minimal interaction and few well-defined norms.

• b. who know each other well.

• c. who interact in a formal setting such as a college classroom.

• d. who are members of a well-defined social group.

Which of the following is a good example of a passive crowd?

• a. many people who are graduates of the same college

• b. people standing in line at the store

• c. a few people who gather at a city park every Saturday to play tennis

• d. a few people who live in the same college dorm

A New Year’s Eve celebration in a public nightclub is an example of which kind of crowd?

• a. protest crowd

• b. conventional crowd

• c. expressive crowd

• d. casual crowd

What type of crowd often acts with intense emotions, can be destructive, often formed by a dramatic event which violates established norms?

• a. protest crowd

• b. conventional crowd

• c. expressive crowd

• d. acting crowd

Because of their intense emotion, mobs

• a. can be violent and destructive.

• b. tend to last a long time.

• c. include people who get to know one another.

• d. All of these responses are correct.

A riot differs from a mob in that the riot

• a. is not usually violent.

• b. typically has little focus or clear goal.

• c. involves fewer people.

• d. is very rare in U.S. history.