Exam 13: Social Influence, Social Constraint, and Social Change

Research suggests that individuals who occupy the same structural position and have the same ideology almost always have an equal likelihood of participating in a social movement.

Research suggests that the most common locations of somatoform outbreaks are:

A social movement organization is using frame amplification when it:

The resource mobilization approach to the study of social movements:

Sociological social psychologists argue that __________________ are produced by social strain and reflect prevailing fears about the threats associated with living in contemporary society.

What's a somatoform epidemic? Give an example of a somatoform epidemic discussed within the academic literature or in the popular press. How have sociological social psychologists explained this form of collective behavior?

When are people in groups likely to exhibit private acceptance instead of the more superficial form of conformity called public compliance?

If someone says he or she loves the Bee Gees (a musical group popular during the disco era in the 1970s) and you respond by stating that you too think the Bee Gees are great, even though you really dislike their music, you have just exhibited what social psychologists call:

Sociological social psychologists argue that social support is especially important within the context of:

The concept of panic has not received empirical support in recent years.

Smart mobs are:

A social movement:

Why is collective behavior, and social movements in particular, such an important topic of study within sociological social psychology? Is it surprising that psychological social psychologists have little interest in social movements or collective behavior more generally? Explain why this is the case.

Individuals who peruse a particular location seeking to construct a definition of the situation by getting verbal feedback from others about what is happening are engaging in:

Distinguish between the terms social influence and social constraint.

Which of the following concepts has not been used by social psychologists to explain why people participate in social movements?

What is the free rider problem? What micro-level characteristics or processes increase people's likelihood of participating in a social movement?

The free-rider problem arises because people:

How do prevailing status beliefs make individuals more, or less, susceptible to social influence? Compare research on social influence conducted by sociological social psychologists to research on social influence conducted by psychological social psychologists.

The Occupy Wall Street movement is seeking to get people to recognize and reject as problematic an economic structure in which 1% of the population controls much of society's wealth. This frame alignment strategy is called: