Exam 16: The Process of Change: We Can Make a Difference

In 2004, Lance Armstrong began selling his trademark yellow Livestrong bracelets to raise money for cancer research. Within 6 months of its release, the yellow bracelets (sold for $1 each) made $25.1 million and garnered much national attention for cancer research. Briefly explain how this fad "rippled" into a movement for social change.

Acts of terrorism can simultaneously create jobs and lead to recessions.

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

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

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.

An analysis of the payoffs in favor of change versus the forces rewarding the status quo is known as a:

Regressive movements try to protect an existing system or part of a system.

Which of the following countries do world systems theorists consider a core nation?

Which of the following is not true about social change?

Explain world systems theory. Be sure to include the three types of nations, the features of those nations, and the ways they relate to one another. In addition, explain how the relationships among the three types of nations have changed in the past few decades.

Reactive social movements promote change in society.

The ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) "ice bucket challenge," hashtagging, and the phrase "YOLO" are examples of:

Maria's group formed to argue for greater student rights. At this point, the interest in the group seems to be waning, and Maria has been unable to raise the necessary funds to keep the group going. It appears that the group is dissolving. Which stage is the group likely in?

Worldwide networks of labor resources and production processes that create a product are called:

Which of the following is an example of a mass behavior?

The impact that the large baby boomer generation is having on the U.S. social security system is a:

Discuss how rapid technological change has affected generational relationships. Give some specific examples.

Khayyam is examining the evolution of the various tribes of people in Malawi, a small country in Africa. Khayyam believes that each of the societies has become more advanced over the last 300 years, but each has done so in its own way. Khayyam is likely taking the:

The theory of social change that assumes that change is inevitable because of inequality in society is:

North Korea is a core nation.