Sociology - 1st - March 2 2015

WEEK 1
Collective behavior is relatively spontaneous and unstructured social behavior of people who are responding to the same stimuli.
Crowd is the gathering of people who share purpose and intent and influence one another.
Rumor is unverified account or explanation of events circulating from person to person.
Panic is a sudden terror which dominates thinking and often affects groups of people.
Riot is a form of civil disorder characterized by disorganized groups who cause sudden and intense rash of violence and other crimes.
Mass hysteria is a mass public near panic reactions. (UFO reports)
Crowd manipulation is the intentional use of techniques based on principles of crowd psychology to engage, control, or influence their desires.
Social movement is an organized effort by a large number of people to bring about social, political, economic, or cultural change.
Collective behavior is the set of shared beliefs, ideas and moral attitudes which operate as a unifying force within society.