Exam 14: Process of Change: We Can Make a Difference

Expressive movements focus on changing individuals and saving people from corrupt lifestyles.

Which of the following is NOT a necessary element for collective behavior to occur, according to value-added theory?

The United States has not approved the Kyoto Protocol on global warming,

Following the death of Martin Luther King Jr., there were riots in many Black communities. According to the text, these riots would be best described as a panic.

Collective behaviors involve only micro-level individual actions.

Compare and contrast open-system and closed-system models for planning organizational change.

The social world model used in the text is an example of a closed-system model.

Globalization from below refers to the efforts by common people in small groups and protest movements to fight back.

During the popularization stage, the purpose for a social movement is known and concrete.

Your boss is pressuring you to donate to the company charity when you have never supported the charity before. This is a ______.

Compare and contrast crowd and mass behaviors. Provide examples.

Symbolic interaction theorists argue that change is caused by a disagreement between two or more parties.

According to world systems theory, what type of nation provides raw materials and cheap labor for production?

Mayflower United Church of Christ in Minneapolis brought a resolution to the congregation that by 2030, the church would be entirely carbon neutral. This is an example of ______.

Explain how you would plan a social movement using Facebook, Twitter, and email discussion lists. Explain how each form of technology uses the micro-, meso-, and macro-levels. How does technology aid the facilitation of social movements?

According to evolutionary theory, societies cannot skip steps in the evolutionary process.

Imagine that you have been asked to explain the feminist movement from at least three different theoretical perspectives. Which three theories will you choose? For each of the three theories, provide basic information about the way the theory explains social change in general, and use the theory to provide an explanation for the growing equality of women in the world.

Social reform movements differ from revolutionary movements in that social reform movements often want to change all aspects of society while revolutionary movements generally focus on only one issue.

Change in organizations is generally perceived as desirable if it is evolutionary or planned.

According to world systems theory, peripheral countries are in an intermediate position in the world.