Exam 16: Social Change

A major achievement of social movements geared toward increasing employment equality for minorities and women has been the widespread adoption of equal employment officers in many large organizations. When they achieved this stage, the social movements could be said to have

List Armand Mauss's four stages of a social movement.

According to Armand Mauss, what happens in the second stage of a social movement's development?

Regressive movements that resist social changes and attempt to have things stay the same or move backward are always motivated by prejudice or hatred of diversity.

Fast fashion has been created out of consumers' desire to have the "same look" as soon as it becomes popular.

Many people think that nuclear proliferation can be best understood as a tragedy of the commons. Which of the following might they propose as a solution if someone sees nuclear proliferation this way?

Anna's father tried a low-carb diet for a while, but stopped when he became aware of a new diet called "paleo." This is an example of

In recent years, salsa has overtaken ketchup as America's most popular condiment. This is an example of

People who believe the government is not doing enough about climate change have become fed up and are starting to organize, which means they are starting to

In the early twentieth century, some social activists stood against continued immigration to the United States from eastern and southern Europe. What type of social movement does this example represent?

Contagion theory is one of the earliest theories developed to study collective action.

Experts have posited that Syria's change from a stable to an unstable country is partially due to an extensive drought. This means that the recent social change in Syria is partly due to

How is it possible for you go to Indonesia on vacation and have a conversation with your cab driver about your favorite television program?

A public goods dilemma occurs when

We would call a group that is organizing to change cultural "codes" related to substance addiction

The decline of traditional communities, an increase in individual autonomy and diverse thinking, and a strong belief in the power of science and technology to improve the world are typical of

Focusing on ideas and cultural debates rather than on material things as well as questioning the achievements of science and technology are both characteristic features of

Typically parents teach children, not the other way around. However, it is now common for parents to call their children for help performing a simple task on a computer, such as attaching a file to an email. What creates situations in which parents have to turn to their children for help?

To what extent do the poorest members of American society participate in social movements?

The Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution, Nazism, birth control, and Protestantism all