Sociologists Who Studied the Panic Following a Fire on January

question 1

Multiple Choice

Sociologists who studied the panic following a fire on January 7, 1995 at a 30-storey apartment building in suburban North York, Ontario, found that not everyone panicked. Many continued to act responsibly. Sociologists use the term________ to describe these types of actions.

• A) norm of reciprocity
• B) role exclusion
• C) rational crowd
• D) role extension
• E) norm of crowd behaviour

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