In his study of a lynch mob, social psychologist Hadley Cantril found that the:
a. participants came from widely divergent backgrounds.
b. characteristics of the participants made them susceptible to joining a lynch mob even if they did not know the target of the lynching.
c. participants came from the middle and upper-middle classes.
d. participants knew, and did not like, the target of the lynching.
Question 2Lawful jobs are often part of the underground or shadow economy.
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Question 3Which group has the highest rate of infant mortality and death by exposure and malnutrition? They also have high rates of suicide, substance abuse, and school violence.
a. Native Americans b. African Americans
c. Asian Americans d. Hispanic Americans
Question 4__________ focuses on the shared emotions, goals, and beliefs that many people may bring to crowd behavior.
a. Circular reaction b. Mob psychology
c. Emergent norm theory d. Convergence theory
Question 5In the coldest part of the winter of 1832, over half of the Cherokee Nation died during or as a result of their forced relocation from the southeastern United States to the Indian Territory in __________.
a. Georgia b. Tennessee
c. Nebraska d. Oklahoma
Question 6Contingent work is found only at the lower end of occupations in the United States.
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Question 7According to sociologist Robert E. Park, social unrest is transmitted by a process of __________the interactive communication between persons such that the discontent of one person is communicated to another who, in turn, reflects the discontent back to the first person.
a. convergence b. mob psychology
c. circular reaction d. emergent norms