Collective Behavior

Term Paper Format

At the heading of Mariano Marcos State University

your paper COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
Department of

Title of Submission Learning Case on Collective Behavior

Prepared & Name: Student Number:

Submitted by: Course: Sex:
Major: Section:
Date Submitted:

Submitted to: DR. CARMELO JAMES ESTEBAN

Professor In Charge

General Name of The main category of the collective behavior whether it is

Phenomenon a fad, rumor, crowd, panic, riot, mass hysteria, etc.

Specific Name of Specific name of the collective behavior such as: fashion,
Phenomenon hair style, food, jewelry, gadget, for FAD as the main
category; panic resulting from fire, personal attack,
“panic buying”, diagnosis of deadly ailment, etc.; and
others as may be applicable.

Brief Description of Describe concisely in one-to-two paragraphs only the

the Phenomenon general nature of the behavior. Example on FOOD: In the
city of Atlantis, a new food stall was put up one day
offering and serving an orange colored oil-fried half-moon
shaped pie. Being new, the stall posted a 2-meter by
half-meter tarpaulin advertisement declaring its product –
HEALTHY PIE for the New Generation now in Town!
Come for the Taste of Your Life! Buy 2, One bottle Soft
drink FREE! After 2-3 days, people suddenly poured and
lined up before the stall to indeed have a “TASTE of
THEIR LIVES.”

Details of the Document the particulars of the phenomenon following

Phenomenon the following format:

1. The Setting – identify and describe the geographic

location of the case.

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 2. The actors/subjects/participants – Your population and
sample. How many are they and how did you sample
them. Use the common socio-demographic elements to
describe them. For each individual or group of actors,
identify and describe their respective roles.

3. What is the phenomenon all about? Make detailed

account of what is really happening that makes the
behavior a collective one. Describe the happenings as
they unfold.

4. How did the phenomenon come about? In a historical

chronological order, present the progression of events
that brought about the phenomenon. Identify the
factors/variables that are connected/associated/related to
each unfolding event.
5. What similarities do the phenomenon have with other
like-phenomena. Name the phenomena and enumerate
and describe the elements which make them similar. Use
the table presentation below.

Name of other Phenomena Similarities (the elements)

Phenomena 1
Phenomena 2 and so on..

As evidence of the details of the phenomenon presented,

make at least 10 photo documentations and present
as additional pages under this section with the title:
Photo Documentation as Evidences to the Phenomenon.

Conclusion & Implications:

Conclusion Make your conclusion/s based on the following:
1. Can the phenomenon be classified as collective
behavior?

2. What are the elements of the phenomenon that

qualifies it to be a collective behavior. Make a one brief
explanation of each element to justify it as part of
collective behavior. Follow the table presentation below:

Element Explanation
Element 1
Element 2 and so on…

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 3. What theory or theories or models explains the
phenomenon? In a tabular form, present the theory or
theories or models and beside each their proponents plus
their profession and nationalities (2nd column), and the
central thesis of the theory/ies/models (3rd column).

Name of Name, profession Central Thesis of

Theory/ies/Models & Nationality Theory

As part of your conclusion to serve as validation to your

claims about the phenomenon, submit a 10-page or
more of compilation of news articles and/or research
articles regarding or related to the phenomenon you
presented. Make appropriate labeling for each
compilation-page made up of the following parts:
caption, source of material, page of material, author,
date of publication. Make your compilation in an A4 book
paper.

Implications Make implications based on the following:

1. Its relevance to the order and disorder in society.
2. Its role in sustaining societal life. Will it sustain society
or not?
3. Is it necessary for the state to regulate or control it?
Why or why not and in what way?

References/ Use APA format

Bibliography

General Instruction in the Presentation of the body of the

Case: Make appropriate citations as reflected in the references or
bibliography.

General Instruction on Submission: You are required to submit

two materials both in hard and electronic copies. One is the body of your
case as detailed above except the COMPILATION which will be submitted
separately (the second). For both submissions, they shall
written/encoded/pasted in an A4 book paper. Hard copies shall be tacked with
paper fastener on the left side of an ordinary paper-board folder only. Do not
put any label on the folders except your name (family name first in BOLD letters
followed by your first name in sentence form and your full family name) which
shall be written on the EAR of the folder.

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For the electronic copy, the whole class will have and to provide for them JUST
ONE FLASH DISC to save each and every submission. The class will have to
assign one member to take hold of the disc, manage the saving and submission
of the same. All coding in the computer shall be in the WORD FORMAT
ONLY, Font type is Tahoma, size 12 .

Two folders will be made into the disc – one for and labeled CASE
BODY, and the other for and labeled COMPILATIONS. All case
bodies shall be saved in the CASE BODY Folder while all the
COMPILATIONS will be saved in the COMPILATIONS Folder.
Compilations especially cut-outs from newspapers or similar sources
may have to be scanned and uploaded into the file to save. To save,
each student have to label their respective submissions as follows:
1. Case Body: Family Name-General Name of Case
Example: Esteban- Craze
2. Compilation: Family Name-General Name of Case
Example: Esteban-Craze

NOTE: the subject of Your Case Body and Compilation are

necessarily the same thus the example.

Date of Submission: On or before the date of Final

Examination.

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