Author Question: Describe John Lofland's typology of the emotions behind spontaneous collective behavior, giving ... (Read 118 times)

scienceeasy · **on:** Jul 1, 2018

Describe John Lofland's typology of the emotions behind spontaneous collective behavior, giving examples.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Which of the following statements best describes future trends in world population growth?

a. the world population is likely to grow at a rate of somewhere between 1 and 2 percent throughout this century
b. the world population is expected to decline during this century for the first time
c. a 1 annual growth in the population has very little real effect over the course of a century
d. the world's population is likely to cease its rapid growth and level off somewhat below 10 billion

johnpizzaz · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 1, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Lofland cross-classifies the most significant emotions--fear, hostility, and joy--motivating collective behavior with the setting--crowd or mass--in which it occurs. Crowd fear--panic exodus from burning theater; crowd hostility--lynch mobs; crowd joy--sports event. Mass fear Three-mile Island; mass hostility--waves of cross-burnings; mass joy--disco.

Answer to Question 2

D