Week 15 - Crowd Behavior
5 types of crowd participants
1. Committed 2. Concerned 3. Insecure 4. Spectators 5. Exploiters
Le bon, Park, and Blumer view crowd behavior as _____ and ______.
Unrestrained and irrational
Social Contagion Theory : Breakdown of social norms leads to ____ and ____ behavior
Unrestrained and irrational
The ____ of the crowd reflects the ____ of the individuals who compose the crowd.
Character/ Character
Black friday draws _____ shoppers.
Competitive
_______ Theory: Crowds arise from a coming together of like-minded individuals (e.g., homophily)
Convergence
Emergent Norm theory is influenced by _____(crowd or individual), is ______(rational or irrational), and is _________ (homogenous or heterogeneous).
Crowd, Rational, Heterogeneous
Social Contagion Theory is influenced by _____(crowd or individual), is ______(rational or irrational), and is _________ (homogenous or heterogeneous).
Crowd, irrational, homogeneous
Crowd participants are classified according to _______ ________ and _______.
Differing motivations and behaviors
______ _____ Theory : new norms and rules develop within crowds - these drive and guide individual behavior
Emergent norm Theory
_______: motivated by personal gain
Exploiters
_____: imperative for action
Urgency
Beach that had the crazy mob from US Open of surfing.
Huntington Beach, CA
Which theory best explains flash mobs?
I have no ****ing clue. Sorry.
Convergence Theory is influenced by _____(crowd or individual), is ______(rational or irrational), and is _________ (homogenous or heterogeneous).
Individual, Rational, Homogeneous
Individuals do what to determine how to behave?
Look to others
Huntington beach Convergence Theory says the event drew a crowd ____ interested in partying than surfing.
More
______:Excessive behavioral freedom
Permissiveness
The ______ Massacres are explained by Circular Reaction which best explains the spread of unrestrained and irrational behavior
September (french massacres)
______: drawn to event out of curiosity
Spectators
____: state of confusion
Uncertainty
_______: deeply involved in the event
committed
______: loyal sympathizers or followers
concerned
________ occurs when the anonymity of the crowd reduces an individual's inner restraints
deindividualization
A social condition of ____ _____ exists, in which individuals are easily influenced by the crowd.
high suggestibility
Social Contagion theorists: Crowd mentality develops when _____ self-consciousness disappears
individual
Emergent Norm Theory : crowds generate their own norms - which ____ and ____ behavior
influence and structure
______: derive power, belonging and identity
insecure
le Bon believes that irrational crowd behavior begins with feelings of ______ and _______
invincibility and anonymity
Social Contagion is also referred to as a "_____ _____" transmitted from group to person
mental infection
_____ and ______ : definition of the situation
mood and imagery
Members will be _____ free to indulge in behavior from which they are usually restrained
more
Crowd behavior is ____ particularly irrational.
not
When assembled in crowds, people behave in ways they other wise would ____
not
People ______ each other's behavior by mimicking it, until everyone is acting the same.
reinforce
Social Contagion Theorists believe that within crowds, people lose _______-________
self-control
Crowd behavior expresses the _____ attitudes and valeus
shared
A flash mob is a ____ ____ ____
sudden mass gathering
______ : Easily influenced by the crowd
suggestibility
