QUESTION 1 The term ______ may be used to undermine the credibility or legitimacy of an occasion or act of collective behavior

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QUESTION 1

1. The term ______ may be used to undermine the credibility or legitimacy of an occasion or act of collective behavior.

a.riot

b.protest

c.demonstration

d.solidarity

 

  

QUESTION 2

1. Which of the following would decrease the likelihood of a panic?

a.lack of knowledge and reliable information

b.sense of powerlessness

c.rumors

d.trust in institutions

 

QUESTION 3

1. For much of the 20th century, it was standard to smile when having one's picture taken. But in the past few years, a number of people have foregone the smile and opted instead for what's known in popular culture as "the duck face." The expression, intended to emphasize the lips and cheekbones, is made by pursing the mouth and sucking in the cheeks. Whether the practice will endure remains to be seen. Based on this description, "the duck face" can best be categorized as a ______.

a.riot

b.fashion

c.fad

d.subculture

 

QUESTION 4

1. In the U.S., there is a movement that advocates a living wage for all full-time employees. Specifically, they would like to see legislation passed that would mandate that all businesses that employ more than 50 people pay their laborers wages that would allow them to live above the poverty line. This can be classified as a ______ movement.

a.reformist

b.reactionary

c.revolutionary

d.utopian

 

QUESTION 5

1. The creation of specialized social institutions and social roles, which is both a source and result of greater social complexity, is known as ______.

a.distinction

b.bifurcation

c.transubstantiation

d.differentiation

 

QUESTION 6

1. In late August of 2016, a number of people gathered in a Spanish bullfighting arena where, for nearly half an hour, they watched and cheered as a baby bull was tortured and then killed. In sociological terms, this incident is best categorized as ______.

a.collective behavior

b.a riot

c.a social movement

d.a fad

 

QUESTION 7

Motivated by the desire to live an idyllic life, people who are part of ______ movements may retreat from the larger society and form their own communities with like-minded others.

1. a.revolutionary
2. b.utopian
3. c.reformist
4. d.reactionary

QUESTION 8

1. ______ social movements often form as a response to social change. Their goal is to return to or reestablish systems of the past, and their understandings of the past are often romanticized.

a.Revolutionary

b.Reformist

c.Reactionary

d.Utopian

QUESTION 9

1. A ______ social movement seeks to do away with existing structures—economic, political, and social—and replace them fundamentally different systems.

a.utopian

b.reactionary

c.revolutionary

d.reformist

QUESTION 10

1. Often, people agree with the goals of a particular social movement and hope that the movement will succeed but are unwilling to invest their own resources—money, time, and energy—in the movement's cause. They know that regardless of whether they contribute, they will still reap the benefits if the movement is successful. The name for this phenomenon is ______.

a.the free-rider problem

b.the freeloader problem

c.the social-apathy problem

d.the double-dutch problem