Exam 14: Crowds and Collective Behaviour

Panic is likely to occur when:

Research which equates sheer population density with high rates of crime and mental illness is sometimes referred to as:

What are the limitations of the contagion approach to collective behaviour?

A worker in a eterminal of the Melbourne airport complained of feeling ill. Within a few hours, 47 people there reported dizziness, nausea, vomiting. Some were taken to hospital, 60 flights were cancelled and 14 000 people were left stranded. No medical explanation was ever found. What was the most likely explanation?

In a study by Walker and Beckerle (1987), experimental participants were asked to redo an examination, and half were placed in a 'high anxiety' condition and the rest in a 'low anxiety' condition. It was found that:

The Arab Spring demonstrations in Egypt and elsewhere was collective behaviour amplified by:

Panic involves all but which of the following?

A riot refers to:

What is the second stage of a social movement?

When, in contagions of hostility, aggression is directed against a relatively powerless individual or a small group of individuals, this is referred to as:

What kind of society is most likely to produce a social movement?

In a test of the deindividuation hypothesis carried out by Festinger, in which experimental participants were asked to talk about their parents in a group discussion:

The subjective feeling of discomfort caused by a perception that there are 'too many people' around is known as:

According to the text, the difference between fashions and fads is that fashions:

The throngs of gasping teenagers that flock around rock stars whenever they make an appearance is an example of:

There are some common myths about behaviour in disasters. Which of the following is not one of them?

Interest in the study of collective behaviour was stimulated by:

According to the __________ hypothesis, crowding is one situation which involves too much actual or potential interaction, excessive physical proximity, and too many people doing too much to pay attention to it all.

_____ is an example of status marking

Who are more likely to repeat a rumour?