Which theory stresses the role of social discontent as a cause of social movements?
a. relative-deprivation theory
b. resource mobilization theory
c. bloc mobilization theory
d. structural strain theory
Question 2According to relative-deprivation theory, social movements arise:
a. in situations of poverty and injustice.
b. when ongoing efforts have fallen short of goals.
c. when organized groups develop internal solidarity.
d. when people experience an intolerable gap between their rewards and what they expect.
Question 3How are social movements and collective behavior related?
a. Collective behavior may help to bring attention to social issues being addressed by a social movement.
b. Repeated collective behavior directed at a particular set of problematic conditions may form the beginnings of a social movement.
c. Collective behavior and social movements both challenge the status quo.
d. All of these are ways in which collective behavior and social movements are related.
Question 4A church group regularly pickets the local Planned Parenthood office. This is an example of:
a. a riot.
b. a convergence crowd.
c. collective behavior.
d. a social movement.
Question 5Freeganism, an anti-consumerist belief system that encourages people to find their food through foraging, bartering, and eating food discarded by grocery stores and restaurants (i.e., dumpster diving) rather than paying for it is an example of which type of movement?
a. alternative
b. redemptive
c. reformist
d. revolutionary
Question 6Alcoholics Anonymous is an example of which type of movement?
a. alternative
b. redemptive
c. reformist
d. revolutionary
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