Social Change (SOC-1)

According to Johnson, alliances are most useful when they are formed between people in the same social location.

False

Johnson argues in order to stop racism, sexism, and privilege we have to . . .

Focus our awareness on the problem.

Cole is hanging out with his friends when someone tells a racist joke. Cole refuses to laugh at the joke and points out that it isn't a good joke. Johnson would say that Cole is . . .

Taking a "little risk." Withdrawing support from paths of least resistance. Promoting social change. Refusing to collude with systems of oppression. (All)

According to Johnson, benefits of social change are more visible for subordinate groups than for dominant groups.

True

According to Johnson, movement for change re most effective when they are directed toward a specific problem, such as male privilege or homophobia.

True

Which of the following best describes privilege?

When one group has something others don't have because of their social category.

The steps to social action, as described by Johnson, are to

acknowledge the trouble, pay attention, and take little risks to point out the trouble.

Johnson writes that silence among people in society

allows trouble to continue.

Social change:

can be caused by a variety of factors, like new ideas and technologies.

Group behavior has to violate social norms in order to be classified as "collective action" because:

collective action seeks to highlight the reasons social norms should be changed.

If one individual behaves in a socially inappropriate manner, he or she is considered deviant, but if several individuals behave this way, it is referred to as a:

collective action.

You are at a football game with your friends, though you aren't a football fan. Nonetheless, when "the wave" comes your way, you stand up and take part. Afterward, you feel surprised that you did such a silly thing that you don't really even enjoy. A sociologist explains that you were influenced by the behavior of those close to you, which is called x theory.

contagion

Johnson points out that members of the women's movement and the civil rights movement did all the following for social change EXCEPT

exterminate large numbers of people.

Convergence theory says that the role of planning in collective action:

isn't necessary; collective action can emerge from social circumstances.

Rap music, the Seagram Building in New York City, and the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris are cultural examples from which time period?

postmodern

The time period that is characterized by concentric circles of social affiliation is the period of:

premodern societies.

An example of a(n) x social movement occurred during the civil rights movement, when African Americans boycotted buses.

reformative

You have identified yourself as a pet lover all your life, but your involvement with the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) has come and gone, depending on your workload at the time. The fact that you love pets would be a x identity, but your on-again, off-again involvement with the ASPCA would be a y identity.

static; dynamic

According to Johnson, oppressive societies are maintained by x among people.

unawareness

A mass protest organization and a grassroots organization both rely on high levels of membership, but a grassroots organization:

works through existing political structures to promote change.