Sociology Module 14 Quiz

fad

The relatively short-lived enthusiasm for leg warmers during the 1980s was an example of a: social dilemma riot fad virtual community public goods dilemma

Joining a social movement is a rational response to inequality or oppression

According to relative deprivation theory, why do people join social movements? They are filling a psychological need to belong to something Social movements are a necessary part of a system of social stratification Joining a social movement is a rational response to inequality or oppression They are ordered to do so by the government Social movements are good places to meet people and network

a tragedy of the commons

Although it might cause a great deal of harm in the long run, individual companies have an economic interest in fossil fuels. What is it called when the pursuit of individual gain leads to loss for a larger group? social change a tragedy of the commons a fad or fashion a public goods dilemma globalization

Both are examples of social change, occurring at different rates

Around 12,000 years ago, in what we now call the Middle East, people began to domesticate grain, a process that slowly spread around the world over the next 6,000 to 7,000 years. In 1984, 8 percent of U.S. households had a computer; by 2008 that number was estimated to be above 70 percent. How do these two things relate to social change? Neither is an example of social change The change in computer ownership isn't social change, as the text defines it, because it's not consequential enough Both are examples of social change, occurring at different rates The change in agriculture was a social change, but not the change in computer ownership The change in computer ownership was a social change, but not the change in agriculture

resource mobilization theory

For many years, there were efforts to organize teaching assistants on college campuses and form a union. Often these efforts failed because of practical reasons: there were never enough volunteers, leaders were always graduating and leaving, and there was never any money for supplies. What theory would be interested in these reasons? resource mobilization theory relative deprivation theory mass society theory technological diffusion theory global network theory

Even the least efficient plants are nearly ten times as efficient as the most efficient animals

How does the efficiency of agriculture compare to raising animals for food? Raising some animals, especially fish, is actually more efficient than most agriculture Cattle are remarkably inefficient, but all other food animals are about as efficient as plants Even the least efficient plants are nearly ten times as efficient as the most efficient animals Animals and plants are equally efficient Raising animals is slightly more efficient than agriculture

natural resources, like water, air, forests, and plants

In 1968 Garrett Hardin described the tragedy of the commons. The classic example of the commons is a pasture where any community member can graze his livestock. What would be the modern equivalent of the commons? mass public entertainment, such as the circus and rock concerts natural resources, like water, air, forests, and plants the Internet jobs shopping malls and retailers

in the U.S. labor movement, happened when the AFL and the CIO merged

The "bureaucratization" stage of a social movement: always happens at the beginning has not yet happened for the gay rights movement in the U.S. labor movement, happened when the AFL and the CIO merged happened for the environmental rights movement with the release of the film An Inconvenient Truth happened during the gay rights movement with the Stonewall riot

They do not seek to fundamentally alter the status quo

The Shriners are a fraternity based on the Masonic principles of brotherly love, relief, and truth. They have roughly 375,000 members and 191 temples in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The Shriners support Shriners Hospitals for Children, a system of 22 hospitals dedicated to improving the lives of children by providing specialty pediatric care. Why are the Shriners not a social movement? It's very hard to imagine membership in the Shriners transforming anyone's life They aren't dedicated enough to their work They do not seek to fundamentally alter the status quo They aren't organized enough They don't have an ideological commitment

cultural leveling

What is the process by which societies lose their uniqueness and begin to resemble one another called? cultural lag research mobilization cultural leveling cultural imperialism cultural modernity