Ch. 21: Social Movements & Social Change

Which of the following organizations is not an example of a social movement?

• National Football League

• Tea Party

• Greenpeace

• NAACP

Sociologists using conflict perspective might study what?

• How social movements develop

• What social purposes a movement serves

• What motivates inequitably treated people to join a movement

• What individuals hope to gain from taking part in a social movement

Which of the following is an example of collective behavior?

• A soldier questioning orders

• A group of people interested in hearing an author speak

• A class going on a field trip

• Going shopping with a friend

The protesters at the Egypt uprising rally were:

• a casual crowd

• a conventional crowd

• a mass

• an acting crowd

According to emergent-norm theory, crowds are:

• irrational and impulsive

• often misinterpreted and misdirected

• able to develop their own definition of the situation

• prone to criminal behavior

A boy throwing rocks during a demonstration might be an example of ___________.

• structural conduciveness

• structural strain

• precipitating factors

• mobilization for action

If we divide social movements according to their positions among all social movements in a society, we are using the __________ theory to understand social movements.

• framing

• new social movement

• resource mobilization

• value-added

While PETA is a social movement organization, taken together, the animal rights social movement organizations PETA, ALF, and Greenpeace are a __________.

• social movement industry

• social movement sector

• social movement party

• social industry

Social movements are:

• disruptive and chaotic challenges to the government

• ineffective mass movements

• the collective action of individuals working together in an attempt to establish new norms beliefs, or values

• the singular activities of a collection of groups working to challenge the status quo

When the League of Women Voters successfully achieved its goal of women being allowed to vote, they had to undergo frame __________, a means of completely changing their goals to ensure continuing relevance.

• extension

• amplification

• bridging

• transformation