SOC 1010 - Quiz Set 13

Jeremy used to be religious, but after he spent a summer doing antipoverty advocacy work in New Orleans, he became an atheist. He says, "I agree with Karl Marx! Religion really is the opium of the masses." Which of the following statements reflects Jeremy's agreement with Marx?

Religion pacifies people with promises of rewards in the afterlife; therefore, they do not challenge the subjugating, exploitative, and alienating social conditions in this life.

[BLANK] social movements advocate the radical reorganization of society.

Revolutionary

Which of the following statements reflects Durkheim's thoughts about religion?

Sacred objects have power and meaning because individuals collectively invest the power and meaning in the symbols.

According to Max Weber, in order to understand what drives social action, we must try to understand what meanings social realities have for others. This is called:

Verstehen

With regard to gender and religion, which of the following statements is supported by research?

Women tend to be more religious than men.

thicalism is the [BLANK]; examples of it are [BLANK]

adherence to ethical principles in order to live a moral life; Taoism and Buddhism

An example of a(n) social movement might be a group of individuals trying to stop unwed mothers from having abortions.

alterative

Animism is the [BLANK]; examples of it are [BLANK]

belief that spirits are present in the natural world; totemism and shamanism

The stage of a social movement when people start organizing, donating money, and lobbying political officials is:

coalescence.

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.

A theory of collective action claiming that collective action arises because of people's tendency to conform to the behavior of others is [BLANK] theory.

contagion

An example of collective action would be:

everyone walking out on an exam.

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

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

Which social movement model suggests that discontent and the availability of resources are the key factors that determine if a social movement will coalesce?

resource mobilization

The trend in industrial nations toward a separation between church and state, a belief in rationality and science, and the movement away from religiosity and spiritual belief is known as:

secularism

Emile Durkheim felt that one of the major functions of religion was that it perpetuates:

solidarity

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 [BLANK] identity, but your on-again,off-again involvement with the ASPCA would be a [BLANK] identity.

static; dynamic

Reformative social movements:

target almost everyone in a society.

During the 1960s, some social scientists touted the secularization theory. This theory predicted:

that the influence of religion would be diminished in the coming years.

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.