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joesmith1212

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Members of a religious cult who practice human sacrifice qualify as a moral community as much as any organization that refers to itself as a religion,, including Roman Catholics, fundamentalist Christians, Muslims, and Orthodox Jews.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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There are many forms of collective behavior. List and discuss at least three of the major forms of collective behavior cited in the textbook.
 
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Answer to Question 1

TRUE

Answer to Question 2

1. Lynchings: a group of people who take justice into their own hands by killing someone they suspect of wrongdoing.
2. Riots: violent crowd behavior aimed against people and property.
3. Moral panics: large numbers of people become intensely concerned, even fearful, about some behavior they think threatens morality, and the fear is out of proportion to the reality.
4. Panics: people become so fearful in a situation that they cannot function normally, and may even flee.
5. Rumors: unfounded information spread among people.
6. Fad: a novel form of behavior that briefly catches people's attention.
7. Fashion: a pattern of behavior that catches people's attention, but lasts longer than a fad.
8. Urban legends: stories with an ironic twist that sounds realistic, but are false.



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