Collective+Behaviour


 * Crowds**: Some examples for crowds, are the "Occupy" movements. The members of these crowds believe that the elite 1% that holds almost all the wealth is not deserving of that position.
 * Mobs**: A mob is a group, usually angry, that bands together for a common goal.[[image:Lynch-Mob.jpg]]


 * Riots**: One example of a riot would be the Rodney King riots in LA in 1992. This was a response to the video the public had seen of Rodney King, a black man, who had been beaten by several cops with batons while being arrested. Cops were told to back off of the riots for their own safety, which resulted in the deaths of atleast 2 people.
 * Moral Panic**: Moral panic is the intensity of feeling expressed in a population about an issue that appears to threaten the social order . One example of moral panic would be the Red Scare in the 50's. This created a sense of fear and untrust of the friends and neighboors of people. Simply wearing the color red was enough to be suspected of communism.


 * Public Opinion**: The public opinion behind the mentality of Michael Jackson had changed dramatically when he held his baby, Blanket, over the balcony of his home.
 * Urban Legends**: An urban legend is a rumor that is, and has been believed by many in a society to be true. One example of an urban legend is the story of "Bloody Mary". It is said that when one looks into a mirror in a pitch black room, and repeats the line "Bloody Mary" three times, Mary will rise from within the mirror, and kill the summoner in a very violent and gruesome way.


 * Rumors**: A rumor is a belief about someone or something, which cannot be verified.


 * Fads**: One fad that I experienced in life, would be, the sudden appeal of the Soulja Boi (Superman) dance. Everybody, I repeat, everybody had attempted that dance a couple years ago.


 * Fashion**: One example of fashion, in our time, would have to be Sperry's. Look around you, atleast half of the students you see in the day will be wearing a type of Sperry's shoe, most likely, the topsiders. I even own a pair of Sperry's. They are very fashionable, comfortable shoes, that had taken the midwest by storm.


 * Mass Hysteria**: An example of Mass hysteria would be the Salem Witch Trials in Salem, Massachusetts, 1692. The girls accused started blaming random people living in the village, and quickly, trust was lost between the villagers, who were being accused of witchcraft. The trials ended with 19 innocent people executed.