Sociologists using the __________ approach are interested in how individuals in a given collectivity learn about what is going on, how to interpret activities, and how to behave.
a. emergent norm
b. circular reaction
c. contagion
d. convergence
Question 2Emergent norm theory is rooted in the __________ perspective.
a. functionalist
b. symbolic interactionist
c. conflict
d. postmodernist
Question 3Convergence theory has been criticized because it does not explain___________.
a. what draws people in a crowd together in the first place
b. the role of individuals' predispositions in the formation and behavior of crowds
c. how irrational crowd behavior can be contagious
d. the differences between those people who take collective action and those who do not
Question 4__________ theory emphasizes the importance of social norms in shaping crowd behavior.
a. Convergence
b. Contagion
c. Emergent norm
d. Circular reaction
Question 5Applying convergence theory in his study of a lynch mob, social psychologist Hadley Cantril found that __________.
a. the participants came from widely divergent backgrounds
b. participants shared traits that made them susceptible to joining a lynch mob even when they didn't know the target of the lynching
c. the participants came primarily from the middle and upper-middle classes
d. participants knew, and did not like, the target of the lynching
Question 6The perspective of __________ suggests that people with similar attributes find a collectivity of like-minded persons with whom they can express their underlying personal tendencies.
a. contagion theory
b. convergence theory
c. emergent norm theory
d. psychoanalytic theory
Question 7From the perspective of __________, individuals with similar characteristics or attitudes seek others who are similar with whom they can express their predispositions to behave and feel in different ways.
a. circular reaction
b. mob psychology
c. emergent norm theory
d. convergence theory
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