Social and Cultural Change

Resistance to certain aspects of development and social change in an effort to neutralize their efforts is called________________? A. countermovement B. social amelioration C. counter modernization D. countenance E. post modernization

Principles such as efficiency calculability and predictability are all part of what Ritzer called____________? A. McDonaldization B. post-modernization C. the service industry D. the culture of commerce E. post-industrialization

Which of the following was not identified as a major theoretical perspective on social change ? A. Functional theoryB. interactionist theory C. Conflict theory D. Cyclical theory E. Evolutionary theory

_____________ is the term commonly used to describe the early days of a social movement characterized by a general mood of discontent ? A. Bureaucratization B. Decline C. CoalescenceD. Incipience E. Arousal

What approach focuses on the ever-changing relationship over time between social movements and macro-level economic and political systems ? A. GlobalizationB. Political Process C. Postmodernism D. Linear Evolutionary E. Counter-modernization

________ usually last longer are better organized more goal-oriented and have a longer lasting impact than fads or crazes ? A. Social movements B. Developments C. Conventions D. Hysterias E. Protests

Rumors about a bizarre event that supposedly happened to someone far removed from the individual telling the story are often called_______________? A. legendary talesB. urban legends C. sports legends D. schoolyard tales E. rural legends

Unverified information that is passed on from person to person is called a______________? A. metaphor B. contagion C. conventionD. rumor E. gossip

Emergent norm theory argues that collective behavior arises when expectations regarding how to act are_____________? A. clear B. explicit C. encouragedD. vague E. repeated

Early theories of collective behavior emphasized ________ a view that crowd behavior is like a mental illness that a person cannot resist ? A. contagion B. convention C. group thinks D. expressiveness E. reformation