SOCI Chapter 21 Section Quiz

core nations that work to propel peripheral nations toward modernization need to be aware of:

(all of the above) preserving peripheral nation cultural identity, preparing for pitfalls that come with modernization, and avoiding hegemonistic assumptions about modernization

Which of the following organizations is NOT an example of a social movement?

National Football League

Sociologists using conflict perspective might study what?

What motivates inequitably treated people to join a movement

Which of the following is an example of collective behavior?

a group of people interested in hearing an author speak

According to emergent-norm theory, crowds are:

able to develop their own definition of the situation

The protesters at the Egypt uprising rally were:

an acting crowd

China is undergoing a shift in industry, increasing labor specialization and the amount of differentiation present in the social structure. this exemplifies:

modernization

when sociologists think about technology as an agent of social change, which of the following is NOT an example?

population growth

A boy throwing rocks during a demonstration might be an example of

precipitating factors

if a movement claims that the best way to reverse climate change is to reduce carbon emissions by outlawing privately owned cars, "outlawing cares" is the ____

prognostic framing

If we divide social movements according to their positions among all social movements in a society, we are using the _________ theory to understand social movements

resource mobilization

while PETA is a social movement organization, taken together, the animal rights social movement organizations PETA, ALF, and Greenpeace are a _____

social movement industry

children in peripheral nations have little to no daily access to computers and the Internet, while children in core nations are constantly exposed to this technology. this is an example of:

the digital divide

in addition to social movements, social change is also caused by technology, social institutions, population and ___

the environment

when the League of Women Voters successfully achieved its goal of women being allowed to vote, they had to undergo frame ___________, a means of completely changing their goals to ensure continuing relevance

transformation