Question 1

Which two concepts of C. Wright Mills are used throughout the textbook?

Accepted Answer

A)   power elite and anomie
B)   social troubles and collective conscience
C)   personal troubles and labeling
D)   personal troubles and public issues D

Question 2

A social movement requires a number of factors to be effective. Which of these is not cited in your text as one of these important factors?

Accepted Answer

A)   leadership
B)   organizational infrastructure
C)   knowledge
D)   individualism D

Question 3

The recognition that one's situation is unjust is called which of these?

Accepted Answer

A)   collective consciousness
B)   cognitive liberation
C)   a social movement
D)   anomie B

Question 4

Compare and contrast reform movements and revolutionary social movements. Provide one example of each.

Accepted Answer

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Question 5

Conscious, collective, organized attempts to bring about or resist large-scale change in the social order are known as which of these?

Accepted Answer

A)   social imperatives
B)   social movements
C)   social directives
D)   social facts

Question 6

Social movements are classified by which of these factors?

Accepted Answer

A)   number of people involved, and the economic resources available
B)   buy-in level from others and adaptability of the larger society
C)   scope of the intended change and adaptability of the larger society
D)   scope of the intended change and how much change is intended

Question 7

According to UCLA's annual survey of entering college freshman, ______ of those surveyed rate the life goal of influencing the political structure as "very important" or "essential."

Accepted Answer

A)   5%
B)   30%
C)   50%
D)   75%

Question 8

Which of these helps you make positive change in your community?

Accepted Answer

A)   Act as if you are in your college community temporarily.
B)   Join others who have different interests.
C)   Do the right thing, even if you don't like it.
D)   Volunteer!

Question 9

Research reveals that the federal government is the only effective agent of social change.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Feminists focus on how economic inequalities lead to social problems.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Cognitive liberation is similar to which of these sociological concepts?

Accepted Answer

A)   class consciousness
B)   anomie
C)   sociological imagination
D)   labeling

Question 12

What was the outcome of the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act?

Accepted Answer

A)   It instigated the Occupy Wall Street social movement in the South.
B)   It mandated that all high schools offer community service programs for students.
C)   It tripled the number of intensive service opportunities in the AmeriCorps program.
D)   It increased segregation throughout the country.

Question 13

A social movement intended to change the structure of the society, itself, is called which of these?

Accepted Answer

A)   expressive
B)   instrumental
C)   reformative
D)   revolutionary

Question 14

Who said "Sociology … is different for all because each must find a way to live in a world that threatens even while it provides. Grace is never cheap. In the end, what remains is that we all have a stake in the world. Like it or not, life is always life together. Social living is the courage to accept what we cannot change in order to do what can be done about the rest"?

Accepted Answer

A)   C. Wright Mills
B)   Karl Marx
C)   Charles Lemert
D)   Michael Burawoy

Question 15

What are people experiencing when they expect that society will treat them in one way and they perceive that they are not getting what they expected?

Accepted Answer

A)   absolute deprivation
B)   resource mobilization
C)   relative deprivation
D)   cognitive liberation

Question 16

Relative deprivation by itself is enough to create a social movement.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Which of these theories emphasizes the distinctive features of recent social movements including different ideologies and distrust of formal organizations?

Accepted Answer

A)   new social movements theory
B)   reform social movements theory
C)   revolutionary social movements theory
D)   instrumental movement theory

Question 18

Which sociological perspective believes that social problems are the result of social, economic, or political inequalities in society?

Accepted Answer

A)   interactionist theory
B)   feminist theory
C)   functionalist theory
D)   conflict theory

Question 19

For Karl Marx, establishing a critical consciousness led a society to which of these?

Accepted Answer

A)   evolution
B)   reform
C)   revolution
D)   collapse

Question 20

In 2009, Congress acted on the tragedy of 9/11 by constituting the day as which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)   National Day of Mourning
B)   National Day of Service
C)   National Day of Prayer
D)   National Day of Community

Exam 17: Social Problems and Social Action

Which two concepts of C. Wright Mills are used throughout the textbook?

A social movement requires a number of factors to be effective. Which of these is not cited in your text as one of these important factors?

The recognition that one's situation is unjust is called which of these?

Compare and contrast reform movements and revolutionary social movements. Provide one example of each.

Conscious, collective, organized attempts to bring about or resist large-scale change in the social order are known as which of these?

Social movements are classified by which of these factors?

According to UCLA's annual survey of entering college freshman, ______ of those surveyed rate the life goal of influencing the political structure as "very important" or "essential."

Which of these helps you make positive change in your community?

Research reveals that the federal government is the only effective agent of social change.

Feminists focus on how economic inequalities lead to social problems.

Cognitive liberation is similar to which of these sociological concepts?

What was the outcome of the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act?

A social movement intended to change the structure of the society, itself, is called which of these?

What are people experiencing when they expect that society will treat them in one way and they perceive that they are not getting what they expected?

Relative deprivation by itself is enough to create a social movement.

Which of these theories emphasizes the distinctive features of recent social movements including different ideologies and distrust of formal organizations?

Which sociological perspective believes that social problems are the result of social, economic, or political inequalities in society?

For Karl Marx, establishing a critical consciousness led a society to which of these?

In 2009, Congress acted on the tragedy of 9/11 by constituting the day as which of the following?