Question

According to sociologist John Lofland, a(n) __________ refers to the “publicly expressed feeling perceived by participants and observers as the most prominent in an episode of collective behavior.”

Answer 1

Answer:

dominant emotion

Explanation:

John Lofland, argues that masses tend to show a collective behavior despite they share little knowledge or connections to the people.

Interestingly social psychology has demonstrated for many cases a dominant emotion as an effect that ocurrs while majority perceives and acts in a particular way.

This can be seen in a public demonstration , in social movements, protests.

In strong dominant emotion like protests , people will show social action spontaneously.