Central to the concept of social movement is the idea that _____________?

A. Social movements appear only in times of controlled slow social change
B. Social movements occur inside the institutional framework of everyday life
C. People intervene in the process of social change
D. People do not readily undertake joint activity

Social revolutions_______________?

A. Involve the gradual evolution of existing state and class structures into new social arrangements
B. Are most likely to occur when political
C. Appear to follow no “natural history”
D. Often begin with intellectuals withdrawing their support of the existing regime

__________ are the alterations over time in social structures culture and behavioral patterns ?

A. reformist movements
B. social changes
C. collective behaviors
D. modernization movements

What theory argues that only certain people will be attracted by the opportunity to participate in a given episode of collective behavior ?

A. Contagion
B. Convergence
C. Emergence
D. Structural

A ___________ is a substantial number of people who interact on the basis of loosely defined norms ?

A. Craze
B. Group
C. Contagion
D. Collectivity

Gossip usually consists of information about a person ?

A. Family
B. Personal affairs
C. Crimes
D. Military record

The preoccupation with eating habits following the Atkins diet is an example of a(n) _____________?

A. Fad
B. Craze
C. Interest
D. Fashion

What theory of social movement development currently dominates academic though ?

A. Contagion
B. Conflict
C. Resource development
D. Frame alignment

In modern society cultural change is most likely to be the by-product of_______________?

A. Planning
B. Diffusion
C. Social struggle
D. None of these

The development of computers and the increased use of the internet are examples of what source of social change ?

A. Clashes over resources and values
B. Diffusion
C. The mass media
D. Innovation