Question

43.

Contagion theory holds that_____________________.
a.
people are less likely to engage in antisocial behavior in a crowd because they feel they are
being observed
b.
a crowd takes on a life of its own that is larger than the beliefs or actions of any one person
c.
crowds encourage individuals to take responsibility for themselves and others
d.
crowds are easily dispersed once the initial contagion p

8. Two hundred years ago, about 3 percent of the world’s population lived in cities, compared with __________ today.

a. 10 percent
b. about 25 percent
c. just over 35 percent
d. more than 50 percent

Answer 1

Contagion theory states that crowds cause people to act in a certain way; convergencetheory says the opposite, claiming that people who wish to act in a certain way come together to form crowds. Ralph Turner and Lewis Killian developed the emergent-norm theory of crowd dynamics.


D