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breakdown frustration theory
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theory that a social breakdown can cause a social movement by creating frustration amoung masses of people
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collective behavior
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relatively spontaneous, unorganized, and unpredictable social behavior
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convergence theory
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theory that modernization will bring the West and non-west together by breaking down cultural barrier to produce a global society
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craze
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fad with serious consequences
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crowd
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collection of people temporarilly doing something whle in proximity to one another
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cyclial theory
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theory that societies move forward and backward, up and down and in endless series of cycles
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divergence theory
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theory that emphasizes the growing seperation between western and non western cultures
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emergent norm theory
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theory that members of a crowd develop, through interaction, a new norm to deal with the unconventional situation facing them
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equilibrium theory
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theory that all the parts of society serve some function and are interdependent, so that a change in one part produces compensatory changes elsewhere
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evolutionary theory
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theory that societies change gradually from simple to complex forms
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fad
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temporary enthusiasm for an innovation less respctable then a fashion
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fashion
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great though brief enthusiasm amoung a relativly large number of people for a particular innovation
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frustration theory
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theories that individuals who participate in social movements are frustrated and troubled
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ideational culture
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sorokins term for the culture that emphasizes faith or religion as the key to knowledge and encourages people to value spiritual life
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mass hyteria
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collective behavior in which numberous people egage in frenzied activity without checking source of their fear
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modernazation
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form of social change that involved transformation of agricultural society into an industrial one
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opinion leader
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person whose opinion is respected by others and influences them
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panic
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collestic behavior characterized by maladaptive, fruitless responce to a serious threat
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principle of immanent change
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noton that social change is product of social forces that exist within a society
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propaganda
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communication tailored to influence opinion
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public opinion
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collection of ideas and attitudes shared by members of particular public
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resource mobilization theory
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theory that social movements result from availability of resources for mobilizaion
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rumor
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unverified story that is spread from one person to another
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sensate culture
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sorokins term for culture that stresses emperical evidence or sciecne as the key to knowledge and urges people to facor a practical, materialistic and hendonistic way of life
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social change
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alternation of society over time
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