The National Organization for Women is an example of a
a. social movement.
b. formal organization created to bring social change.
c. revolutionary charismatic movement.
d. loosely organized effort to maintain social order.
Question 2Culture generally arises out of
a. the teachings of the powerful.
b. new situations people work out together.
c. accident.
d. conflict.
Question 3Regarding the components of political culture, a(an) __________ orientation consists of feelings about the political system.
a. cognitive
b. affective
c. effective
d. evaluational
Question 4A __________ is a loosely organized effort to influence the direction of society.
a. charismatic group.
b. social movement.
c. crowd.
d. revolutionary organization.
Question 5Social action almost always
a. involves thinking and is intentional.
b. is not thinking action and is not intentional.
Question 6Weber believed that charismatic authority
a. was an important force for social change.
b. was an important force against social change.
c. was successful for change only when the charismatic individual also had legal-rational authority.
d. was unrelated to social change.
Question 7Weber described the nature of charismatic authority. It was his position that charismatic authority
a. favors the traditional or legal order.
b. rises up against the traditional or legal order.
c. either may favor the order or rise up against the order.
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