Practice mode Social and Cultural Change

Early theories of collective behaviour stressed which idea, that crowd behaviour resembles a mental illness that individuals cannot resist?

Correct answer C. Contagion

Explanation

Contagion theory, associated with Gustave Le Bon, claimed that crowds produce a collective mind that spreads emotions irresistibly, making individuals lose rational control.

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