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The central ingredient in the U.S. governmental bureaucracy is __________.
 
  a. Congress
 b. the office of the president
 c. the federal budget
 d. the Supreme Court

Question 2

Discuss the dynamics of collective behavior.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 3

From children's cartoons to adult shows, television programs offer more male than female characters. Male characters are typically aggressive, constructive, and direct, while some female characters defer to others or manipulate them by acting helpless, seductive, or deceitful.
 
  a. True
 b. False
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Question 4

For females, competitive sports become a means of constructing a masculine identity, a legitimated outlet for violence and aggression, and an avenue for upward mobility.
 
  a. True
 b. False
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Question 5

The U.S. government employs about __________ people in civilian positions.
 
  a. 100,000
 b. 500,000
 c. 1 million
 d. 2.1 million

Question 6

Describe the conditions for collective behavior.
 
  What will be an ideal response?
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6 years ago
Answer to q. 1

c

Answer to q. 2

To better understand the dynamics of collective behavior, three areas need to be addressed:

(1) Some environmental activists have found that they cannot get their point across unless they go outside established institutional patterns and organizations. Some situations are more conducive to collective behavior than others. When people can communicate quickly and easily with one another, spontaneous behavior is more likely. When people are gathered together in one general location they are more likely to respond to a common stimulus.

(2) People's attitudes (as expressed in public opinion surveys, for example) are not always reflected in their political and social behavior.

(3) Sociologists Ralph Turner and Lewis Killian note, people believe that there is strength in numbers. People may act as a collectivity when they believe it is the only way to fight those with greater power and resources.

Answer to q. 3

TRUE

Answer to q. 4

FALSE

Answer to q. 5

d

Answer to q. 6

Collective behavior occurs as a result of some common influence or stimulus that produces a response from a collectivitywhich is a number of people who act together and may mutually transcend, bypass, or subvert established institutional patterns and structures. Three major factors contribute to the likelihood that collective behavior will occur:

1 . Structural factors increase the chances of people responding in a particular way. A common stimulus is an important factor in collective behavior.
2 . Timing is another significant factor in bringing about collective behavior.

3 . A breakdown in social control mechanisms and a corresponding feeling of normlessness.
Hank Author
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6 years ago
Thank you for being such a great website leader! All of your answers were right.
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