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Kurt Is a 15-Year-Old Boy Who Aspires to Be a Professional

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Kurt is a 15-year-old boy who aspires to be a professional BMX rider.Every chance he gets he watches professional BMX shows and even attends competitions.Last year,his parents bought him a racing bike.Since then,Kurt has decided that he no longer needs to get good grades at school because a large number of the BMX champions never went to university.According to sociologists,what is Kurt experiencing?


Definitions:

Zimbardo

Refers to Philip Zimbardo, an American psychologist known for his Stanford prison experiment, exploring the psychological effects of perceived power.

Crowd-as-group

A collection of individuals who are present at the same location or event, but act with a shared purpose or group identity.

Crowd-as-mad

The stereotypical view that crowds are irrational, emotional, and capable of violence, overlooking the potential for rational collective behavior.

Crowd Behavior

The study of how individuals in a crowd influence and are influenced by others, often resulting in collective behavior that is different from what they would exhibit individually.

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