Deck 11: The Political Psychology of Social Movements

Question 1

_____ is collective challenges by people with common purposes and solidarity in sustained interaction with elites and authorities.

A)insurgency
B)social movements
C)revolution
D)none of the above

Answer 1

B

Question 2

By 1958 what percentage of American households had a television with satelite connection?

A)0.52
B)0.75
C)0.94
D)0.83

Answer 2

D

Question 3

The Tea Party formed in response to what?

A)in response to tax increases
B)Obamacare
C)economic stimulous package
D)to protect American family values

Answer 3

C

Question 4

The Tea Party was formed in what year?

A)1773
B)1959
C)2009
D)2005

Question 5

The Occupy Wall Street movment was inspired by:

A)The Sunni Awakening
B)The Arab Spring
C)The European Socialists
D)The Revolution

Question 6

A western term used to describe recent social and political movements across several Middle Eastern countries calling for political and economic change is:

A)Arab Freedom Movement
B)Arab Awakening
C)Arab Democracy Movement
D)Arab Spring

Question 7

Grievances, social comparisons, and emotions along with the development of a collective politicized identity is referred to as:

A)social movement organization
B)social movement qualitites
C)dynamics of demand
D)dynamics of supply

Question 8

Social movements mobilize people by

A)slogans
B)creating unity
C)symbols
D)all of the above

Question 9

Why did the Occupy Walstreet movement fall apart?

A)it lacked a cohesive identity
B)all of the above
C)it lacked leadership
D)slow decision making process

Question 10

Who refused to give up their seat on a public bus that sparked the Civil Rights movement?

A)Malcom X
B)Martin Luther King Jr.
C)Susan B. Anthony
D)Rosa Parks

Question 11

Martin Luher King Jr. became president of what civil rights organization in 1957?

A)The Black Panthers
B)Ku Klux Clan
C)The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
D)Southern Christian Leadership Conference

Question 12

The marches for voting rights between Selma and Montgomery Alabama occurred in what year?

A)1955
B)1965
C)1961
D)1972

Question 13

Which movement adovcated seperatism over integration and ""self-defense"" over non-violence?

A)No Whites movement
B)Black Panther movement
C)Free Black movement
D)Black Power movement

Question 14

Huey Newton and Bobby Seale formed:

A)The Black Communist Party
B)The Black Cougar Party
C)The Black Panther Party
D)The Black Socialist Party

Question 15

The Civil Rights Act was signed in what year by what president?

A)1969; Richard Nixon
B)1964;Lendon Johnson
C)1967; Lendon Johnson
D)1977; Jimmy Carter

Question 16

The Supreme Court rulings on Plessy v. Ferguson and Brown v. Board of Education did what?

A)both b&c
B)struck down the separate but equal doctrine
C)mandated racial integration of schools
D)slavery

Question 17

_____ are indended to further the goals of a social movement.

A)Social Movement Union
B)Social Leadership Organizations
C)Social Movement Organizations
D)Social Movement Party

Question 18

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of basic action groups?

A)small
B)hierachical structure
C)local
D)informal

Question 19

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Networks?

A)local
B)nonhierachical
C)action groups
D)organizations

Question 20

Collective action is:

A)any action that aims to dimish the status and power of another group
B)any action that aims to improve the status, power, or influence of an entire group, rather than that of one or a few individuals
C)unilateral action taken by multiple actors for the same broad goal
D)none of the above

Question 21

____ is a situation in which people look at their group's condition compared to a socially accepted standard of comparion, and find that their group is not faring as well as it should.

A)group comparison theory
B)degenerate group theory
C)backwards group theory
D)relative deprevation theory

Question 22

The identity of a gorup is politicized by

A)call to collective action
B)shared grievances
C)all of the above
D)political conciousness

Question 23

Political consciousness is ____.

A)differntiating the policay viability of groups
B)viewing the issue at hand as political rather than personal
C)having knowledge of politics
D)the congitive processes of politics

Question 24

_____ generally refers to a set of relationship and resources in a community that can be mobilized for the common good.

A)social wealth
B)political capital
C)social capital
D)none of the above

Question 25

The internet has:

A)decreased the cost of participation
B)all of the above
C)reduced the level of organization needed for effectiveness
D)increased the population base for social movements

Question 26

_____ is the ability to motivate action through articulating action to achieve an imagined future.

A)prophesy
B)charisma
C)pragmatism
D)none of the above

Question 27

___ is the purveyors of the movement's beliefs, doctrines, and morality.

A)charisma
B)prophesy
C)pragmatism
D)none of the above

Question 28

_____ is having organization skills, being good at negotiations, mobilizing resources, and are inclusive of individuals, thus expanding group membership.

A)none of the above
B)prophesy
C)charisma
D)pragmatism

Question 29

The NAACP was founded in opposition to:

A)The KKK
B)Jim Crow laws
C)Malcom X
D)all of the above