Exam 11: Collective Behavior

The vast majority of protests and other collective events exhibit which kind of dispersal?

Reba went to the "Million Witch March" because doing witchcraft was a hobby for her.However,it was not a major part of her identity.After being there for only an hour or so,she decided to leave because she just could not make sense of what was going on and people seemed to be moving about aimlessly.Just then,she saw a police officer dragging one of the other witches away in a car.She looked around to see what other people were doing before marching forward to stop the police.Her actions proved successful at first,as many of the other witches joined her to stop the cop.However,eventually the police won the conflict by detaining a number of participants. -Research on crowd behaviors generally shows that the interactions in this vignette are __________ of most rallies and protests.

Steve turned to the people around him for help in deciding how to act at a local protest.According to perception control theory,what form of perception control is Steve using?