Deck 15: Social Movements and Change

Question 1

Which of the following is not a type of social movement?

A) Regressive
B) Communal
C) Replication
D) Religious

Answer 1

C

Question 2

A regressive social movement is one that:

A) Seeks to resist change and oppose other movements.
B) Seeks to advance change based on inequality in society.
C) Seeks to form a unique culture based on a smaller group
D) Seeks to advance slow change through application of religious norms.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

One example of a regressive movement is:

A) The gay rights movement
B) The Black Lives Matter movement
C) The movement to keep the confederate flag flying at major institutions in the South.
D) The Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Which of the following is NOT a factor related to the formation and maintenance of social movements?

A) Availability of resources
B) Equality within the movement
C) Communication
D) A general dissatisfaction of society or a particular issue by movement members.

Question 5

A state of balance in society is called:

A) Estatement
B) Multiculturalism
C) Internal balance
D) Equilibrium

Question 6

The anti-feminist movement is an example of

A) A protest movement
B) A regressive movement
C) A communal movement
D) A personal cult

Question 7

Movements that develop among groups whose interests, ways of life or values are challenged by a protest movement often comprise a:

A) Reactionary movement
B) Responsive movement
C) Counter movement
D) Communal movement

Question 8

Which U.S. President signed into law the Clean Water Act and established the Environmental Protection Agency?

A) President J.F. Kennedy
B) President Richard Nixon
C) President Dwight D. Eisenhower
D) President Woodrow Wilson

Question 9

Which social leader spoke about the need for the U.S. Women's Movement to embrace concerns beyond those of white middle-class women?

A) Susan B. Anthony
B) Betty Friedan
C) Sojourner Truth
D) Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Question 10

What event(s) led to increased concern about environmental issues in the 1980s?

A) An explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear facility in the Ukraine.
B) A Union Carbide leak at an American chemical plant in Bhopal, India that killed thousands of people.
C) Discovery of a hole in the ozone over Antarctica.
D) All of the above.

Question 11

An alteration of social relationships, behavioral patterns or social structure over time is known as:

A) Social change
B) Cultural lag
C) Social conception
D) Political-process theory

Question 12

Which group(s) benefits most from rapid social change?

A) Racial and ethnic groups
B) Older people
C) Young people
D) All groups benefit equally from rapid social change.

Question 13

Change is a exogenous force or one that originates outside society, according to which perspective?

A) Functionalism
B) Conflict perspective
C) Symbolic Interaction
D) Feminist theory

Question 14

Which perspective views change arising from internal responses over unequal distribution of scarce resources?

A) Functionalism
B) Conflict perspective
C) Symbolic Interaction
D) Feminist theory

Question 15

The United States has the lowest voting rate of all advanced industrial nations.

Question 16

Civil disobedience involves breaking the law and acting violently in crowds.

Question 17

An important reason why issues such as social inequality have changed around the world is because of the collective struggle to change those conditions.

Question 18

A large-scale social movement does not require both local and national organization.

Question 19

Most social change is planned change.

Question 20

Karl Marx's social change theory is also an evolutionary theory.

Question 21

Rapid social change increases the general level of anomie in society.

Question 22

New norms are developed to address new social situations during times of social change.

Question 23

The majority of people do not play a role in contributing to or being affected by larger societal changes.

Question 24

Throughout most of human history change has usually occurred very slowly.

Question 25

Rapid social change is basically the product of the Industrial Revolution.

Question 26

Identify and discuss what is needed for a social movement to emerge in any given society.

Question 27

What does institutionalization mean when applied to a social movement? How do sociologists define institutionalization in regard to social movements? Provide an example of institutionalization.

Question 28

What is equilibrium theory? What kinds of events can impact equilibrium?

Question 29

How does conflict theorists view social change and social change processes? In other words, how do they explain why and how social change occurs?

Question 30

What is the relationship between social change and social movements? Begin by defining both.

Question 31

What is the difference between collective actions and social movements?

Question 32

Define Relative-deprivation theory and its most significant contribution to social movement theory.

Question 33

What is a communal movement? Provide two examples of a communal movement.

Question 34

Provide an example of social change occurring presently and analyze the change through both a functionalist and conflict theory perspective.

Question 35

Discuss how political processes can influence and shape a social movement and its symbols. Provide at least two examples.

Question 36

Identify five types of social movements and provide definitions and descriptions for at least four of them.

Question 37

What are the conditions that prompt or cause social movements according to contemporary sociological theory? How have the views regarding the cause of social movements changed over time, or if they have not, why not? Use correct terminology in your response.

Question 38

Identify and discuss the four phases of social movements as identified in your textbook.

Question 39

Why do even powerful social movements decline over time? What reasons can be attributed to such declines?

Question 40

What are some of the larger social changes and shifts that Farley and Flota mention in their book that have occurred during modernization?

Question 41

Discuss the differences between the First Wave and Second Wave of feminism. What prompted the Second Wave and what were the positions and arguments of those involved in both waves? When did each take place?

Question 42

What are some examples of and consequences of rapid social change?

Question 43

What is resource mobilizations theory? What are its main arguments? How does resource mobilization describe why social movements are successful or not?