COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOR AND SOCIAL FADS, FASHIONS, AND CRAZES- are Variations in life styles

in behavior and in the use of certain objects or habits.

MOVEMENTS PUBLIC Is faced w/an important issue, a
Nature of Collective Behavior condition on w/c people have right to agree or
Collective behavior arises out of the ordinary and disagree.
unusual situations characterized by uncertainty SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
feelings of crises that deviate from the normal Social movements refers to those activities in w/c people
and unexpected. It occurs in the absence of unite in an organized , long term effort to change their
defined and well-formulated patterns of society or in which they resist and express their
behavior. dissatisfaction with the existing order through outright
Determinants of collective Behavior and prolonged actions.
TYPES OF SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
There are certain conditions in contemporary
A number of social movements have developed in
societies that tend to increase the patterns of
the last few days. These include the human rights
collective behavior. Rapid social change brought
movement , the nuclear free Philippines movement ,
about by science and technology has created
kapinsanan ng magsasaka sa pilipinas , the ecology
social problems that create tensions and conflict.
movement and transport alliance of metro manila.
6 factors that, when existing simultaneously, will produce
Actually, there are various kinds of movement. According
collective behavior
to store, these may be classified as reactionary ,
1. STUCTURAL CONDUCTIVENESS refers to the
conservative , reformist or revolutionary.
existence of factories or other places of work
1. Reactionary reactionary movements advocates the
where conflict between labor and
restoration of the values and behaviors of the past .
management may arise.
2. Conservative This movement attempts to protect the
2. STRUCTURAL STRAIN-this kind of ambiguity
status que and resist change.
causes frustration and stress.
3. Reform the reformist movement seeks to modify
3. GENERALIZED BELIEF- the important thing in
specific types of social change in various areas of life such
these generalized beliefs is that they are
as Political, Economic, Social, Cultural and religious
shared.
dimensions without destroying or changing the entire
4. PRECIPITATING FACTORS A precipitating
system.
event must virtually trigger a collective
4. Revolutionary This movement seeks to change the
response.
whole social order as a means of creating a new one.
5. MOBILIZATION FOR ACTION
6. THE OPERATION OF SOCIAL CONTROL
SOCIAL REVOLUTIONS
Social revolution as a rapid fundamental
COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOR OCCURS WHEN THE SITUATION
transformation of a countrys political system , social
BECOME UNORGANIZED AND UNSTRUCTURED
structure and dominant ideology.
1. When existing pattern of social organization
THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
is inadequate and irrelevant for coping w/the
The development of social movements frequently
challenge.
occurs in complex and non-totalitarian societies. Social
2. When there is an increasing indication that
movements arise from the peoples perception of the
the social control is becoming weaker to
inadequacies of the system to meet the needs of the
check on the deviation committed by
people.
members.
For Blumer, an authority in social movements , these are
3. When people are faced w/ a new and
four stages and they are follows:
different situation w/c they have never
1. Soial unrest- This state is normally characterized
encountered before.
restlessness and increasing disorder (Turner and
TYPES OF CALLECTIVE BEHAVIOR
Killian , 1972).
CROWD-is a temporary collection of people who
2. Popular excitement-Social unrest is usually
are reacting to the same stimulus for a particular
followed by popular excitement and, during this
period of time.4 different types of crowds
period, people with similar concerns begin to
1. CASUAL CROWD-participants are gathered bcoz of an
establish rapport with one another and openly
event or happening as they view the event peacefully.
and vehemently express their anger and
2. CONVENTIONAL CROWD- participants are gathered
restlessness.
bcoz of pre-arrange activity.
3. Formalization-This is the stage where a formal
3. ACTING CROWD-persons who are actually involved in
structure is developed and institutionalized and
the activity or event.
rules, policies and strategies are clearly laid out.
Forms of behavior under acting crowd:
4. Institutionalization-In this stage, the social
-mobs, riots, orgy
movement becomes integrated into society and
4 .EXPRESIVE CROWD-participants express their emotions
has a permanent office and personnel to continue
through creative action.
its efforts for bringing about social change.
HYSTERIA AND PANIC