Chapter 16 - Lesson 3 and 4 Quiz

________ 1. Collective behavior describes how people behave when they are united by a single short-term goal.

• True

• False

________ 2. Fashion is a way of dressing or behaving that is widely accepted and never changes.

• True

• False

_________ 3. A fad is an unusual behavior pattern that spreads rapidly, is embraced zealously, and then disappears after a short time.

• True

• False

________ 4. Contagion theory focuses on the spread of serious illness in a crowd.

• True

• False

________ 5. Behavior among members of dispersed collectivities is not highly individualized.

• True

• False

6. The type of crowd that has a specific purpose and follows accepted norms for appropriate behavior is identified by sociologists as __________

• restrictive

• conventional

7. Which is based on false beliefs?

• mass hysteria

• aggregate

8. An urban legend is most like a(n)

• moralistic tale

• fairy tale

9. An episode of largely random destruction and violence carried out by a crowd is a ______

• riot

• fad

10. Emergent-norm theory stresses the similarity between crowd behavior and ________

• daily social action.

• intentional congregation.