21.5: Key Terms
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| Words (or words that have the same definition) | The definition is case sensitive | (Optional) Image to display with the definition [Not displayed in Glossary, only in pop-up on pages] | (Optional) Caption for Image | (Optional) External or Internal Link | (Optional) Source for Definition |
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| (Eg. "Genetic, Hereditary, DNA ...") | (Eg. "Relating to genes or heredity") |  |
The infamous double helix | https://bio.libretexts.org/ | CC-BY-SA; Delmar Larsen |
| Word(s) | Definition | Image | Caption | Link | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| acting crowds | crowds of people who are focused on a specific action or goal | ||||
| alternative movements | social movements that limit themselves to self-improvement changes in individuals | ||||
| assembling perspective | a theory that credits individuals in crowds as behaving as rational thinkers and views crowds as engaging in purposeful behavior and collective action | ||||
| casual crowds | people who share close proximity without really interacting | ||||
| collective behavior | a noninstitutionalized activity in which several people voluntarily engage | ||||
| conventional crowds | people who come together for a regularly scheduled event | ||||
| crowd | a fairly large number of people who share close proximity | ||||
| crowdsourcing | the process of obtaining needed services, ideas, or content by soliciting contributions from a large group of people | ||||
| diagnostic framing | a the social problem that is stated in a clear, easily understood manner | ||||
| emergent norm theory | a perspective that emphasizes the importance of social norms in crowd behavior | ||||
| expressive crowds | crowds who share opportunities to express emotions | ||||
| flash mob | a large group of people who gather together in a spontaneous activity that lasts a limited amount of time | ||||
| frame alignment process | using bridging, amplification, extension, and transformation as an ongoing and intentional means of recruiting participants to a movement | ||||
| mass | a relatively large group with a common interest, even if they may not be in close proximity | ||||
| modernization | the process that increases the amount of specialization and differentiation of structure in societies | ||||
| motivational framing | a call to action | ||||
| new social movement theory | a theory that attempts to explain the proliferation of postindustrial and postmodern movements that are difficult to understand using traditional social movement theories | ||||
| NGO | nongovernmental organizations working globally for numerous humanitarian and environmental causes | ||||
| prognostic framing | social movements that state a clear solution and a means of implementation | ||||
| public | an unorganized, relatively diffuse group of people who share ideas | ||||
| reform movements | movements that seek to change something specific about the social structure | ||||
| religious/redemptive movements | movements that work to promote inner change or spiritual growth in individuals | ||||
| resistance movements | those who seek to prevent or undo change to the social structure | ||||
| resource mobilization theory | a theory that explains social movements’ success in terms of their ability to acquire resources and mobilize individuals | ||||
| revolutionary movements | movements that seek to completely change every aspect of society | ||||
| social change | the change in a society created through social movements as well as through external factors like environmental shifts or technological innovations | ||||
| social movement | a purposeful organized group hoping to work toward a common social goal | ||||
| social movement industry | the collection of the social movement organizations that are striving toward similar goals | ||||
| social movement organization | a single social movement group | ||||
| social movement sector | the multiple social movement industries in a society, even if they have widely varying constituents and goals | ||||
| value-added theory | a functionalist perspective theory that posits that several preconditions must be in place for collective behavior to occur |