Exam 13: Social Change: Collective Behaviour and Social Movements

According to the text, the process used when a social movement declares that a particular condition is unjust and identifies measures needed to resolve the unfairness, is called "claims making."

Young people across the country annually participate in Free the Children's "Me to We" campaign. Some watch the television program at home, others organize with friends, and others attend events in their community. Which of the following best defines this campaign?

The feminist movement is an example of what kind of social movement?

A conventional crowd is a gathering of people who share a common interest and are gathered with an explicit participatory purpose.

How do we label people who bring morally damaging behaviour to the attention of others?

According to the text, spreading rumours, gossiping, and telling urban legends are all part of what kind of collective behaviour?

A group of students who go to the same office to have their student loan forms processed are an example of which of the following?

According to the text, which of the following is the definition for a casual crowd?

According to the text, what kind of social movement is the People's Health Movement, which seeks to have health recognized as a human right?

According to the text, in what year was the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms enacted?

According to the text, which of the following statements can be made about collective behaviour?

A collectivity that is so intensely focused on a specific purpose or object that the participants may erupt into violent or destructive behaviour is called an "acting crowd."

What do people waiting at a station to get on the subway exemplify?

Georges and several of his close friends work for Environment Canada as biologists, or teach environmental technology courses at universities and colleges. They have formed an action committee with the purpose of saving the northern tundra from diamond mining companies. What kind of social activists are they?

While collective behaviour is short lived and relatively unorganized, social movements are longer lasting and more organized and have specific goals or purposes.

List and describe the different kinds of crowds. Offer an example of each.

Wynona heard a rumour that a girl in Grade 12 had, with three other girls from the same grade, participated in a car theft in another town. The car was an older model that belonged to an elderly woman. When she told her cousin, Wynona said there were only two other girls, that Wynona knew them both well from the church choir, that the car belonged to a friend of Wynona's grandmother, and the car was brand new. According to the text, what predictable pattern of rumour telling did Wynona follow?

According to value-added theory, the first factor that must be present to facilitate social action is the growth and spread of a generalized belief.

According to the text, what is the name given to unsubstantiated stories about people or events?

According to the text, what is the term given to a shared fear underlying an impending threat that can produce a collective action?