Crowd

High school (ages 12+)
People & Society

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/crowd

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the sociological classification?Includes casual, conventional, expressive, and acting crowds, distinguished by behavior and intent
2. What is the psychological dynamics?Influenced by social contagion, deindividuation, and emergent norms
3. Why do crowds sometimes behave differently?Crowds can be organized, like a sports game, or spontaneous, like people gathering in a city. The way they act depends on what they want and how they feel together.
4. What is an acting crowd?An acting crowd is a group that has a strong emotion and a clear goal, like a protest or a riot. They can sometimes do things that are destructive because they feel powerful together.

Deindividuation: A psychological state where individuals lose self-awareness and personal responsibility in a group.
Emergent Norms: Unwritten rules or expectations that develop and guide behavior within a crowd.
Social Cohesion: The degree to which members of a group feel connected and united.