Question 1

At a local high school,when the fire alarm is pulled during the final playoff game,the crowd of parents and spectators hurry out the building without regard to order and others' safety.What does this exemplify?

Accepted Answer

A)  a demonstration 
B)  a mob 
C)  a riot 
D)  a panic

Question 2

Anti-feminist backlash groups that are organized to oppose employment equity or domestic partnership initiatives are examples of what kind of movement?

Accepted Answer

A)  revolutionary 
B)  reform 
C)  religious 
D)  resistance

Question 3

According to sociologist John Lofland,what is a "publicly expressed feeling perceived by participants and observers as the most prominent in an episode of collective behaviour"?

Accepted Answer

A)  an aggregate opinion 
B)  a mass point of view 
C)  a dominant emotion 
D)  a collective opinion

Question 4

The feminist movement is an example of what kind of social movement?

Accepted Answer

A)  revolutionary 
B)  reform 
C)  religious 
D)  alternative

Question 5

Which of the following factors does NOT contribute to the likelihood that collective behaviour will occur?

Accepted Answer

A)  normlessness 
B)  social class 
C)  timing 
D)  social structure

Question 6

Which of the following assists us in thinking creatively about how we can contribute to the social issues discussed in the text?

Accepted Answer

A)  scientific methodology 
B)  the sociological imagination 
C)  global technology 
D)  the physical environment

Question 7

Which theorist was responsible for the development of contagion theory?

Accepted Answer

A)  Clark McPhail 
B)  Gustave Le Bon 
C)  Robert Park 
D)  Herbert Blumer

Question 8

According to the text,what characteristic do sociologists use to distinguish different types of social movements?

Accepted Answer

A)  frequency 
B)  amount of change 
C)  geography 
D)  participation rates

Question 9

People are most likely to believe rumours when no other information is readily available on a topic.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

What is one major criticism of value-added theory?

Accepted Answer

A)  It doesn't take into account the complexity of social movements. 
B)  It is not possible to test for the necessary and sufficient conditions predicted by Smelser. 
C)  It tends to underemphasize the importance of resources in social movements. 
D)  It ignores the role of generalized beliefs.

Question 11

On February 1st,Students for Justice holds a social justice day on campus.Members hand out pamphlets and buttons and local activist musicians perform.In what stage is this social movement?

Accepted Answer

A)  preliminary 
B)  bureaucratization 
C)  coalescence 
D)  incipiency

Question 12

Which statement best describes the relationship between the physical environment and social change?

Accepted Answer

A)  Excessive development rarely contributes to the severity of natural disaster. 
B)  The trauma people experience from natural disasters can outweigh the loss of property. 
C)  Improvements in carbon dioxide emissions are attributable to the environmental justice movement. 
D)  The depletion of the ozone layer is not expected to affect how much time people spend outside.

Question 13

Canada has a limited history of positive social change resulting from grassroots activism.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The assumption that social movements are an interactive,symbolically defined,and negotiated process that involves participants,opponents,and bystanders is characteristic of which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  resource mobilization 
B)  frame analysis 
C)  relative deprivation 
D)  value-added

Question 15

Who developed value-added theory?

Accepted Answer

A)  Karl Marx 
B)  Neil Smelser 
C)  William Gamson 
D)  Steven M.Buecher

Question 16

What theory argues that certain conditions are necessary for the development of a social movement?

Accepted Answer

A)  emergent norm theory 
B)  resource mobilization theory 
C)  value-added theory 
D)  relative deprivation theory

Question 17

A group organized to protest lack of government support for early childhood education and daycare provision evolved into an organization called Child We Care.In what stage is this social movement?

Accepted Answer

A)  preliminary 
B)  bureaucratization 
C)  coalescence 
D)  institutionalization

Question 18

Which term typically describes dispersed collective behaviour that occurs when a large number of people react with strong emotions and self-destructive behaviour to a real or perceived threat?

Accepted Answer

A)  mob psychology 
B)  civil disobedience 
C)  mass hysteria 
D)  a fad

Question 19

Sociologists distinguish among social movements on the basis of who is responsible for initiating them.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Despite having fewer than 10 committed members,the Social Justice Group at Grant MacEwan University successfully raised approximately $10,000 in two years for charities and non-for-profits,including World Vision,the Red Cross,UNICEF,and the Edmonton Inner City Children's Project.Which of the following theories would do a poor job of explaining the group's success?

Accepted Answer

A)  frame analysis 
B)  relative deprivation 
C)  resource mobilization 
D)  value-added

Exam 21: Social Movements and Collective Behavior

At a local high school,when the fire alarm is pulled during the final playoff game,the crowd of parents and spectators hurry out the building without regard to order and others' safety.What does this exemplify?

Anti-feminist backlash groups that are organized to oppose employment equity or domestic partnership initiatives are examples of what kind of movement?

According to sociologist John Lofland,what is a "publicly expressed feeling perceived by participants and observers as the most prominent in an episode of collective behaviour"?

The feminist movement is an example of what kind of social movement?

Which of the following factors does NOT contribute to the likelihood that collective behaviour will occur?

Which of the following assists us in thinking creatively about how we can contribute to the social issues discussed in the text?

Which theorist was responsible for the development of contagion theory?

According to the text,what characteristic do sociologists use to distinguish different types of social movements?

People are most likely to believe rumours when no other information is readily available on a topic.

What is one major criticism of value-added theory?

On February 1st,Students for Justice holds a social justice day on campus.Members hand out pamphlets and buttons and local activist musicians perform.In what stage is this social movement?

Which statement best describes the relationship between the physical environment and social change?

Canada has a limited history of positive social change resulting from grassroots activism.

The assumption that social movements are an interactive,symbolically defined,and negotiated process that involves participants,opponents,and bystanders is characteristic of which of the following?

Who developed value-added theory?

What theory argues that certain conditions are necessary for the development of a social movement?

A group organized to protest lack of government support for early childhood education and daycare provision evolved into an organization called Child We Care.In what stage is this social movement?

Which term typically describes dispersed collective behaviour that occurs when a large number of people react with strong emotions and self-destructive behaviour to a real or perceived threat?

Sociologists distinguish among social movements on the basis of who is responsible for initiating them.