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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?
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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