Soc 001 - Introduction to Sociology » Summer 2021 » Quiz 5

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Question #1
The transformation of culture over time is called:
A.   social revolution.
B.   social iteration.
C.   social change.
D.   cultural evolution.
Question #2
What do large numbers of people form when they come together?
A.   a collective behavior group
B.   a crowd
C.   a fad
D.   a riot
Question #3
What do sociologists call behaviors that are rational for any given individual but that lead to disaster for an entire group?
A.   cultural leveling
B.   fads
C.   postmodern dilemmas
D.   social dilemmas
Question #4
A public goods dilemma occurs when:
A.   individual actions that may be rational by themselves lead to a collective disaster.
B.   individuals encourage others to participate in a social movement.
C.   individuals must give something to a collective resource without necessarily taking anything in return.
D.   an individual tries to cheat the system by getting more than his or her fair share of the commons.
Question #5
When activists begin to amass the things they need to sustain their movement—including volunteers, money, and office space—they are engaging in:
A.   bureaucratization.
B.   individual behavior.
C.   coalescence.
D.   resource mobilization.
Question #6
According to relative deprivation theory, why do people join social movements?
A.   They are filling a psychological need to belong to something.
B.   Joining a social movement is a rational response to inequality or oppression.
C.   Social movements are good places to meet people and network.
D.   Social movements are a necessary part of a system of social stratification.
Question #7
If a social movement works to resist some kind of social change, or even to roll back elements of a change, it is said to be:
A.   resistant.
B.   regressive.
C.   progressive.
D.   cosmopolitan.
Question #8
The spread of beliefs and practices from one cultural group to another is called:
A.   culture shock.
B.   cultural leveling.
C.   cultural lag.
D.   cultural diffusion.
Question #9
Many have noticed that the U.S. economy seems increasingly focused on producing and managing information, rather than on making things. What term or concept could describe this shift?
A.   postmodernism
B.   mass behavior
C.   technological determinism
D.   emergent social movements
Question #10
What was one of the earliest theories of collective behavior?
A.   collective action
B.   emergent norms
C.   contagion
D.   resource mobilization

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