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| Relatively spontaneous social behavior that occurs when people try to develop common solutions to unclear situations |
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| Collection of people who have limited interaction with each other and who do not share clearly defined, conventional norms |
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| Temporary collection of people who are in close enough proximity to interact |
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| Crowd that erupts in generalized destructive behavior, the purpose of which is social disorder |
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| Emotionally charged collectivity whose members are united by a specific, and often violent, goal |
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| Spontaneous and uncoordinated group action to escape some percieved threat |
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| Phenomenon that occurs when people become fearful about behavior that appears to threaten society's core values |
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| Unfounded anxiety shared by people who are scattered over a wide geographic area |
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| Enthusiastic attachment among large numbers of people for a particular style of appearance or behavior |
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| Unconventional thought or action that a large number of people are interested in for a very short period of time |
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| Unverified piece of information that is spread rapidly from one person to another |
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| Stories that are untrue but that seem realistic and teach a lesson |
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| Group of geographically scattered people who are interested in and divided by some issue |
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| Collection of differing attitudes that members of a public have about a particular issue |
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| Organized and deliberate attempt to shape public opinion |
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| Theory of collective behavior proposed by Gustave LeBon in which the hypnotic power of a crowd is said to encourage people to give up their individuality to the stronger pull of the group. Individuals then become anonymous, with no will power or sense of responsibility |
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| Theory of collective behavior proposed by Ralph Turner and Lewis Killian. According to this theory, the people in a crowd are often faced with a situation in which traditional norms do not apply. Gradually, new norms emerge when a leader initiates new behavior |
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| Theory that explains crowd behavior as a process that moves from step to step |
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