Download C8817 Psychology of Crowds and Collective Action Sample Paper 2014-15

Candidate Number
C8817
THE UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX
BSc Final Year Examination 2015
PSYCHOLOGY OF CROWDS AND COLLECTIVE ACTION
SEEN EXAM
SAMPLE PAPER
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Answer two questions
(Questions are equally weighted)
Candidates are advised to pay careful attention to the wording of each question. No
credit will be given for introducing irrelevant material in answers.
C8817 Psychology of Crowds and Collective Action – SAMPLE PAPER
1. What are the effects of anonymity in crowds?
2. How might an ‘agitator’ become influential?
3. What is wrong with ‘contagion’ as an account of social influence?
4. Under what conditions are crowded events psychologically positive?
5. How useful is the concept of ‘panic’ for explaining collective behaviour in
emergencies?
6. How does Reicher’s social identity model explain the limits of violent crowd
behaviour?
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