Jonestown Info
What was the cult called?
a. Jones’ Town
b. JJ’s Children
c. The People’s Town
d. The Peoples Temple
d. The Peoples Temple
Which of the following is a cause of mob mentality?
a. Diffusion of responsibility
b. Rational decisions
c. Wanting to be unique
d. Individual thinking
a. Diffusion of responsibility
What is an example of deindividuation?
a. Standing up for yourself and letting your opinion be heard
b. Minding your own business when there's a fight at school
c. Disagreeing with your friends
d. People becoming rowdy because everyone else is leading to violence in a football game
d. People becoming rowdy because everyone else is leading to violence in a football game
What is the name of the leader of Jonestown?
a. Leo Ryan
b. Johnny Jones
c. Jim Jones
d. Joseph Jones
c. Jim Jones
Which of the following is another name for mob mentality?
a. Group attitude
b. Jonestown
c. Deindividuation
d. Group think
d. Group think
Which of the following is NOT a reason why people often follow the crowd?
a. Fear of missing out
b. They want to stand out
c. People feel intimidated by a large crowd
d. They want to fit it
b. They want to stand out
How many people died at Jonestown?
a. 302
b. 909
c. 573
d. 899
b. 909
How does social media fuel mob mentality?
a. By showing individuals what everyone else is doing
b. By spreading false statements
c. By making people happy
d. By making people sad
a. By showing individuals what everyone else is doing
Which of the following is a reason why Jones led the Peoples temple to Guyana, South America?
a. Jones wanted to escape the negative media allegations about him
b. He liked the tropical climate
c. He always wanted to visit South America
d. Jones wanted to start another cult in Guyana
a. Jones wanted to escape the negative media allegations about him
What year was the Peoples temple established?
a. 1965
b. 1955
c. 1945
d. 1995
b.1955
Which of the following is NOT an effect of mob mentality?
a. Violence
b. Ethical decision making
c. Loss of sense of self
d. Amplified emotions
b. Ethical decision making
Which of the following is an example of “going against the grain”?
a. Following a crowd
b. Being by yourself
c. Arguing with your friend
d. Opposing your soccer team
d. Opposing your soccer team
Why was Congressman Leo Ryan killed?
a. Jones was afraid the government was going to capture him.
b. Jones thought he was going to arrest him for dealing drugs.
c. He was going to send Jones to an insane asylum.
d. Jones didn’t like him
a. Jones was afraid the government was going to capture him.
a psychological state where individuals lose their sense of self-awareness and personal accountability.
a. Anonymity
b. Deindividuation
c. Irrational thinking
d. Mob mentality
b. Deindividuation
Which of the following is NOT a reason why members of the people's temple committed suicide during the Jonestown massacre?
a. Jones forced them to
b. The community was tightly isolated from possible help
c. People were already beginning to die due to overworking
d. Jones had already manipulated them into complete blind obedience
c. People were already beginning to die due to overworking