Question 1

Alcoholics Anonymous, an organization that seeks to help alcoholics achieve a sober life, is one example of which type of social movement?

Accepted Answer

A)   alterative social movements
B)   redemptive social movements
C)   reformative social movements
D)   revolutionary social movements

Question 2

Only a handful of actual mob lynchings in the United States have ever been documented.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Genocide-the systematic killing of many people-is an example of an "intentional disaster."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Name and define four types of social movements.

Accepted Answer

Social movements are organized efforts b...

Question 5

Which of the following is a correct criticism of new social movements theory?

Accepted Answer

A)   Economic issues are still involved in most such movements.
B)   Few middle- and upper-middle-class people join social movements.
C)   Few social movements are international in scope.
D)   All of the above are correct.

Question 6

Disasters and mobs are both examples of collective behavior.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Which of the following is a good example of a crowd?

Accepted Answer

A)   many people walking on a city street who stop to observe an auto accident
B)   many people who are graduates of the same college
C)   a few people who gather at a city park every Saturday to play tennis
D)   a few people who live in the same college dorm

Question 8

Which of the following concepts refers to efforts to shape the public's attitudes on some issue?

Accepted Answer

A)   fashion
B)   gossip
C)   mass behavior
D)   propaganda

Question 9

Which theoretical approach states that social movements depend on rallying around symbols?

Accepted Answer

A)   mass-society theory
B)   deprivation theory
C)   resource-mobilization theory
D)   culture theory

Question 10

The enormous oil spill by the tanker Exxon Valdez in 1989 is an example of which of the following types of disasters?

Accepted Answer

A)   natural disaster
B)   technological disaster
C)   intentional disaster
D)   All of the above are correct.

Question 11

A New Year's Eve celebration in a public nightclub is an example of which kind of crowd?

Accepted Answer

A)   protest crowd
B)   conventional crowd
C)   expressive crowd
D)   casual crowd

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Genocide-the systematic killing of many people-is an example of an "intentional disaster."

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