Chapter 14: SOCIAL MOVEMENTS

Test Bank

Multiple Choice

1. Why did Tarana Burke start the #MeToo movement?

a. To empower women and men to share their stories of sexual harassment

b. To take down the powerful men who control Hollywood

c. To demand that men be less masculine and more feminine

d. To create a viral sensation and secure a book deal

Learning Objective: 14.1: Define a social movement and explain its core components.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Social Movements

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. The #MeToo movement is emblematic of what kind of change?

a. State sponsored

b. Social movements

c. Spontaneous

d. Foreign influenced

Learning Objective: 14.1: Define a social movement and explain its core components.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Social Movements

Difficulty Level: Easy

3. A durable challenge to those currently holding power in the name of those wronged is known as a(n) ______.

a. state sponsored effort

b. institutionalized change

c. social movement

d. viral sensation

Learning Objective: 14.1: Define a social movement and explain its core components.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Social Movements

Difficulty Level: Easy

4. Ijeoma is a leader of an effort to boycott stores that support anti-LGBTQI legislation. Her effort is an example of a ______.

a. risky behavior

b. state sanction

c. legal action

d. social movement

Learning Objective: 14.1: Define a social movement and explain its core components.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Social Movements

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. Gennadiy organized one protest at the state capitol after vaping pens were outlawed in Michigan. Since this was the only event, which of Tilly’s criteria for social movements did Gennadiy fail to meet?

a. Sustained challenge

b. Engage power holders

c. Act on behalf of the wronged

d. Participate in unauthorized action

Learning Objective: 14.1: Define a social movement and explain its core components.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: The Five Main Components of Social Movements

Difficulty Level: Medium

6. A billionaire hires counter-protesters to march near protesters in front of a factory. The protesters want the billionaire to change his policy of using undocumented immigrant workers. Hiring the counter-protesters would not be considered a social movement because it ______.

a. cannot be sustained

b. does not engage power holders

c. harms wronged people

d. uses unauthorized action

Learning Objective: 14.1: Define a social movement and explain its core components.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: The Five Main Components of Social Movements

Difficulty Level: Medium

7. A person who supports a movement like Black Lives Matter, but is not part of the group that has been wronged, is part of ______.

a. the power holders

b. an opposition group

c. the conscience constituency

d. a protest coalition

Learning Objective: 14.1: Define a social movement and explain its core components.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Five Main Components of Social Movements

Difficulty Level: Easy

8. Teachers in Chicago strike to demand improved wages or working conditions. A strike is an example of a disruptive effort, or a(n) ______.

a. conscience constituency

b. sustained challenge

c. social change

d. unauthorized action

Learning Objective: 14.1: Define a social movement and explain its core components.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: The Five Main Components of Social Movements

Difficulty Level: Medium

9. One of Tilly’s measures of the strength of a social movement lies in the group's ability to convince others that their message is important, or its ______.

a. worthiness

b. unity

c. numbers

d. commitment

Learning Objective: 14.1: Define a social movement and explain its core components.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Five Main Components of Social Movements

Difficulty Level: Easy

10. Activists often wear the same shirts and chant the same messages in order to show ______.

a. worthiness

b. unity

c. numbers

d. commitment

Learning Objective: 14.1: Define a social movement and explain its core components.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Five Main Components of Social Movements

Difficulty Level: Easy

11. Those in power will listen more closely to groups with greater ______.

a. worthiness

b. fragmentation

c. numbers

d. morality

Learning Objective: 14.1: Define a social movement and explain its core components.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Five Main Components of Social Movements

Difficulty Level: Easy

12. When a social movement persists in spite of difficult or dangerous conditions, this demonstrates what type of strength?

a. Worthiness

b. Unity

c. Numbers

d. Commitment

Learning Objective: 14.1: Define a social movement and explain its core components.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Five Main Components of Social Movements

Difficulty Level: Easy

13. Tilly asserted that worthiness x unity x numbers x commitment (W x U x N x C) equals the strength of a movement. If any of these factors are low, what might activists do to show their commitment?

a. Retrain members to improve their media skills.

b. Engage in risky behaviors to gain more attention.

c. Merge with similar groups to grow numbers.

d. Disband until another social movement is launched.

Learning Objective: 14.1: Define a social movement and explain its core components.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Five Main Components of Social Movements

Difficulty Level: Medium

14. Sometimes people try to benefit from a social movement without adding any effort of their own to it. This is known as the collective action problem, or ______.

a. freeloader problem

b. social loafing

c. public good

d. free-rider problem

Learning Objective: 14.1: Define a social movement and explain its core components.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Collective Action Problem

Difficulty Level: Easy

15. People tend to determine whether to participate in social movements based on which two criteria?

a. Risk and cost

b. Time and money

c. Work and family

d. Faith and loyalty

Learning Objective: 14.2: Explain the core theories of why people participate in social movements.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Trends in Social Movement Participation

Difficulty Level: Medium

16. Which activity in support of a social movement is the most dangerous?

a. Signing a petition

b. Boycotting

c. Protesting

d. Posting on social media

Learning Objective: 14.2: Explain the core theories of why people participate in social movements.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Trends in Social Movement Participation

Difficulty Level: Medium

17. Why is boycotting the least contentious way of supporting a social movement?

a. It only involves avoiding something, like a restaurant.

b. It involves physically blocking businesses with picket lines.

c. It requires discussing controversial topics before signing.

d. It involves committing an unauthorized action.

Learning Objective: 14.2: Explain the core theories of why people participate in social movements.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Trends in Social Movement Participation

Difficulty Level: Easy

18. What has changed about participation in social movements in the last few decades?

a. People are boycotting more, and protesting less.

b. More people are reporting satisfaction with government.

c. The percentage of people protesting has nearly doubled.

d. Writing letters to the editor of newspapers has increased.

Learning Objective: 14.2: Explain the core theories of why people participate in social movements.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Trends in Social Movement Participation

Difficulty Level: Easy

19. What element of participation in social movements makes people intellectually available to become active in the movement?

a. Ideology

b. Resources

c. Biography

d. Social ties

Learning Objective: 14.2: Explain the core theories of why people participate in social movements.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Explaining Social Movement Participation

Difficulty Level: Easy

20. Soleil is confident that her vote matters and that she is fully prepared to discuss the issues surrounding the election in order to persuade others. She has a high level of ______.

a. ideology

b. social ties

c. efficacy

d. resources

Learning Objective: 14.2: Explain the core theories of why people participate in social movements.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Explaining Social Movement Participation

Difficulty Level: Medium

21. What factor related to ideology increases the likelihood of becoming active in social movements?

a. Resources

b. Identity

c. Biographical availability

d. Religious beliefs

Learning Objective: 14.2: Explain the core theories of why people participate in social movements.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Explaining Social Movement Participation

Difficulty Level: Medium

22. Money, free time, education, and political knowledge are parts of what element of social movement participation?

a. Identity

b. Resources

c. Social ties

d. Biography

Learning Objective: 14.2: Explain the core theories of why people participate in social movements.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Explaining Social Movement Participation

Difficulty Level: Easy

23. Jack and Diane are less likely to participate in protests because they have three small children at home. This is an example of which element of social movement participation?

a. Biographical availability

b. Social ties and identity

c. Resource availability

d. Ideological flexibility

Learning Objective: 14.2: Explain the core theories of why people participate in social movements.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Explaining Social Movement Participation

Difficulty Level: Medium

24. Maya’s parents and teachers joined a protest against Islamophobic policies, making it more likely that Maya will also participate. Which element of social movement participation does this illustrate?

a. Ideology

b. Resources

c. Social ties

d. Biography

Learning Objective: 14.2: Explain the core theories of why people participate in social movements.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Explaining Social Movement Participation

Difficulty Level: Medium

25. Participating in social movements can create a spirit of “we-ness,” and change a person’s ______.

a. identity

b. ideology

c. resources

d. availability

Learning Objective: 14.2: Explain the core theories of why people participate in social movements.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Explaining Social Movement Participation

Difficulty Level: Easy

26. A small location within a community that is beyond the control of the dominant groups, and allows challenges to that dominance is known as a(n) ______.

a. cultural zone

b. rallying point

c. free space

d. private place

Learning Objective: 14.2: Explain the core theories of why people participate in social movements.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Explaining Social Movement Participation

Difficulty Level: Medium

27. The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee meetings are held in the student union building on campus, which is a ______ because the college administration cannot interfere there.

a. free space

b. political setting

c. protest paradigm

d. hidden locale

Learning Objective: 14.2: Explain the core theories of why people participate in social movements.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Explaining Social Movement Participation

Difficulty Level: Medium

28. Which two methods did McAdam use to study whether taking part in Freedom Summer had lasting effects on participants?

a. Case study and observation

b. Survey and interview

c. Observation and survey

d. Interview and case study

Learning Objective: 14.2: Explain the core theories of why people participate in social movements.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Methods in Depth: How Can Activism Change You?

Difficulty Level: Medium

29. What is the purpose of the process of framing?

a. It simplifies the world by selecting what to emphasize and what to deemphasize.

b. It is used by the media to make all stories as mundane as possible.

c. It is used by people to explore and explode their stereotypes about others.

d. It is used by capitalists to extend their exploitation of the proletariat.

Learning Objective: 14.3: Describe how the media covers social movements and the role of framing, selection and description bias, and the protest paradigm in this process.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Media and Social Movements

Difficulty Level: Medium

30. Bernie believes that human activity is causing climate change, but Donald does not. What element of framing are they disagreeing over?

a. Diagnostic

b. Prognostic

c. Motivational

d. Predictive

Learning Objective: 14.3: Describe how the media covers social movements and the role of framing, selection and description bias, and the protest paradigm in this process.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: The Media and Social Movements

Difficulty Level: Medium

31. Edward and Olabisi both agree that African Americans are not treated equally by the police in the United States. Edward wants to start a page on Facebook to spread awareness, but Olabisi thinks lobbying Congress to require police to report all incidents is a better strategy. They disagree over which element of framing?

a. Motivational

b. Diagnostic

c. Prognostic

d. Agnostic

Learning Objective: 14.3: Describe how the media covers social movements and the role of framing, selection and description bias, and the protest paradigm in this process.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: The Media and Social Movements

Difficulty Level: Medium

32. Don and Paul agree that racism is a major problem in the United States. Don thinks racism is best remedied by individuals treating each other better, while Paul wants to deconstruct institutionalized racism. On which element of framing do they disagree?

a. Prognostic

b. Predictive

c. Diagnostic

d. Motivational

Learning Objective: 14.3: Describe how the media covers social movements and the role of framing, selection and description bias, and the protest paradigm in this process.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: The Media and Social Movements

Difficulty Level: Medium

33. The fact that the media must choose which stories to report due to time and space limitations is known as ______.

a. confirmation bias

b. selection bias

c. description bias

d. hindsight bias

Learning Objective: 14.3: Describe how the media covers social movements and the role of framing, selection and description bias, and the protest paradigm in this process.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Selection and Description Bias

Difficulty Level: Easy

34. Stories about former quarterback Colin Kaepernick are more common during the football season in the United States because his form of protest is on people’s minds. In other words, the media use ______ to help them select which stories to run.

a. issue attention cycles

b. selection bias

c. description bias

d. confirmation bias

Learning Objective: 14.3: Describe how the media covers social movements and the role of framing, selection and description bias, and the protest paradigm in this process.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Selection and Description Bias

Difficulty Level: Medium

35. If a television network has a strong conservative ideology, it may tend to frame liberal actions as threatening to their viewers. This is an example of ______.

a. selection bias

b. confirmation bias

c. issue attention cycles

d. description bias

Learning Objective: 14.3: Describe how the media covers social movements and the role of framing, selection and description bias, and the protest paradigm in this process.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Selection and Description Bias

Difficulty Level: Medium

36. Editors and producers of media act as gatekeepers, choosing the most important or volatile stories to report in the ______ model of the media.

a. organizational

b. ideological

c. motivational

d. economical

Learning Objective: 14.3: Describe how the media covers social movements and the role of framing, selection and description bias, and the protest paradigm in this process.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Organizational Models of the Media

Difficulty Level: Easy

37. Which story would be most likely distributed using the organizational model of the media?

a. “Climate Change Continues Unabated”

b. “Sea Levels Rising Faster Due To Climate Change”

c. “Climate Change Protest Continues For 30th Week”

d. “Warmer Temperatures Lead To More Flowers”

Learning Objective: 14.3: Describe how the media covers social movements and the role of framing, selection and description bias, and the protest paradigm in this process.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Organizational Models of the Media

Difficulty Level: Hard

38. If a White Christian and a Black Muslim commit the same heinous crime, but only the Muslim is reported as a terrorist in the media, this is evidence for the ______ model of the media.

a. Islamophobic

b. organizational

c. motivational

d. ideological

Learning Objective: 14.3: Describe how the media covers social movements and the role of framing, selection and description bias, and the protest paradigm in this process.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Organizational Models of the Media

Difficulty Level: Medium

39. The fact that the overall crime rate in the United States has been declining for decades is overshadowed by media outlets using the ______ model of the media to maximize profits by sensationalizing crime stories.

a. ideological

b. operational

c. organizational

d. motivational

Learning Objective: 14.3: Describe how the media covers social movements and the role of framing, selection and description bias, and the protest paradigm in this process.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Ideological Model of Media Coverage

Difficulty Level: Medium

40. Why is it dangerous for society when media outlets profile white supremacists without questioning their belief systems?

a. The media only portrays the views of the dominant part of society.

b. The media influences who people consider as legitimate and important.

c. People with unusual belief systems are exposed to ridicule in the media.

d. People increase their critical engagement on issues based on what they see in the media.

Learning Objective: 14.3: Describe how the media covers social movements and the role of framing, selection and description bias, and the protest paradigm in this process.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Ideological Model of Media Coverage

Difficulty Level: Medium

41. What potential conflict do media outlets in the United States face regarding their selection of stories?

a. Media outlets have to maintain their ideological identity to keep viewers tuning in.

b. They have to keep advertisers happy, so stories that would anger them are problematic.

c. Media outlets have to pass stories through government censors before broadcasting.

d. They cannot afford to push anyone out of their comfort zone, so they edit tough stories.

Learning Objective: 14.3: Describe how the media covers social movements and the role of framing, selection and description bias, and the protest paradigm in this process.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Ideological Model of Media Coverage

Difficulty Level: Medium

42. How does media coverage of protests tend to discount them and support the status quo?

a. The government intervenes and replaces protesters’ narratives with its own versions.

b. Deep investigative coverage tends to turn people off because attention spans are shrinking.

c. Protesters are depicted more favorably than government officials and policies.

d. Coverage tends to focus on individuals rather than systemic or institutional problems.

Learning Objective: 14.3: Describe how the media covers social movements and the role of framing, selection and description bias, and the protest paradigm in this process.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Ideological Model of Media Coverage

Difficulty Level: Medium

43. If a social movement is seen as a valid spokesperson for a legitimate concern, it has earned ______.

a. exception

b. acceptance

c. advantage

d. advancement

Learning Objective: 14.4: Define the multiple dimensions of social movement success, including acceptance and new advantages.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Success in Social Movements

Difficulty Level: Easy

44. Why are politicians reluctant to admit when a social movement group has influenced them?

a. Uninvolved people are easier to govern.

b. They can charge higher bribes in secret.

c. Politicians are too busy to meet with people.

d. Political groups do not want the competition.

Learning Objective: 14.4: Define the multiple dimensions of social movement success, including acceptance and new advantages.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Success in Social Movements

Difficulty Level: Easy

45. If a social movement with the goal of improved gun control convinces lawmakers to pass new regulations, they have earned a(n) ______.

a. new advantage

b. acceptance

c. notoriety

d. infamy

Learning Objective: 14.4: Define the multiple dimensions of social movement success, including acceptance and new advantages.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Success in Social Movements

Difficulty Level: Medium

46. Groups which have obtained acceptance and new advantages have earned ______.

a. co-optation

b. full response

c. pre-emption

d. collapse

Learning Objective: 14.4: Define the multiple dimensions of social movement success, including acceptance and new advantages.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Success in Social Movements

Difficulty Level: Easy

47. A group that becomes the accepted spokesperson for an issue, but does NOT get any new advantages, has earned ______.

a. pre-emption

b. collapse

c. co-optation

d. full response

Learning Objective: 14.4: Define the multiple dimensions of social movement success, including acceptance and new advantages.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Success in Social Movements

Difficulty Level: Easy

48. If the government responds to the concerns of a group, but undermines its legitimacy, the group has earned ______.

a. co-optation

b. full response

c. collapse

d. pre-emption

Learning Objective: 14.4: Define the multiple dimensions of social movement success, including acceptance and new advantages.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Success in Social Movements

Difficulty Level: Easy

49. Through his leadership and efforts, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was able to improve the lives of African Americans even though he was defamed and hounded by the government. This is an example of ______.

a. pre-emption

b. collapse

c. full response

d. co-optation

Learning Objective: 14.4: Define the multiple dimensions of social movement success, including acceptance and new advantages.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Success in Social Movements

Difficulty Level: Medium

50. The group Mothers Against Drunk Driving, or MADD, became the voice of the anti-drunk driving campaign and was able to convince lawmakers to pass laws to reduce drunk driving. What has this group achieved?

a. Collapse

b. Full response

c. Pre-emption

d. Co-optation

Learning Objective: 14.4: Define the multiple dimensions of social movement success, including acceptance and new advantages.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Success in Social Movements

Difficulty Level: Medium

51. Most people agree that women are equal to men, but do very little to encourage employers to pay men and women equally. This is an example of ______.

a. pre-emption

b. collapse

c. full response

d. co-optation

Learning Objective: 14.4: Define the multiple dimensions of social movement success, including acceptance and new advantages.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Success in Social Movements

Difficulty Level: Medium

52. Ben led a social movement aiming to legalize heroin. His group failed to gain legitimacy or any new advantages, so it ended, or ______.

a. collapsed

b. preempted

c. co-opted

d. rebranded

Learning Objective: 14.4: Define the multiple dimensions of social movement success, including acceptance and new advantages.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Success in Social Movements

Difficulty Level: Medium

53. If King George III of England had granted the American colonists a non-voting seat in parliament, he would have ______ their independence movement.

a. obstructed

b. co-opted

c. collapsed

d. preempted

Learning Objective: 14.4: Define the multiple dimensions of social movement success, including acceptance and new advantages.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Success in Social Movements

Difficulty Level: Medium

54. Consumer health advocates have successfully gotten vape pens banned in many locales. This is an example of ______.

a. new advantages

b. acceptance

c. pre-emption

d. co-optation

Learning Objective: 14.4: Define the multiple dimensions of social movement success, including acceptance and new advantages.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Success in Social Movements

Difficulty Level: Medium

55. What is one reason it is hard to measure success of social movements?

a. Politicians often boast and take credit.

b. Goals are sometimes not clearly defined.

c. Movement participants crave anonymity.

d. Most people are unaware of social movements.

Learning Objective: 14.4: Define the multiple dimensions of social movement success, including acceptance and new advantages.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Success in Social Movements

Difficulty Level: Easy

56. The president made a public statement about his desire for strict background checks for gun sales, but changed his rhetoric after meeting with the leader of a gun rights group. Why would the president not admit the meeting changed his mind?

a. He may want to respect the privacy of the group leader.

b. The president is not allowed to divulge meeting minutes.

c. Those in power are often reluctant to admit being influenced.

d. The president cannot publicly acknowledge interest group activity.

Learning Objective: 14.4: Define the multiple dimensions of social movement success, including acceptance and new advantages.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Success in Social Movements

Difficulty Level: Medium

57. What is one drawback of an engaged and active electorate for politicians?

a. Engaged and active people donate to political campaigns less often.

b. Active people can be impressed with symbolic gestures, but get bored easily.

c. Engaged and active people only come out to vote every four years.

d. This type of population is more likely to protest unpopular decisions.

Learning Objective: 14.4: Define the multiple dimensions of social movement success, including acceptance and new advantages.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Success in Social Movements

Difficulty Level: Medium

58. What challenge did sociologist William Gamson uncover in attempting to measure the success of social movement groups?

a. Groups do not always fall into one category of success.

b. Most groups collapse before their success can be measured.

c. Not all groups report their activities so they can be studied.

d. Groups often have goals that are too small or too specific.

Learning Objective: 14.4: Define the multiple dimensions of social movement success, including acceptance and new advantages.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Success in Social Movements

Difficulty Level: Medium

59. What challenge could public sociology face in the United States?

a. Most people are unaware of the sociological imagination.

b. The culture is very individualistic and resists systemic analyses.

c. Collectivist cultures may not embrace sociological perspectives.

d. Many people confuse sociology with socialism, a political non-starter.

Learning Objective: 14.5: Apply the concept of public sociology to the research you have learned in this book and your class.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Public Sociology and Using Our Sociological Imagination

Difficulty Level: Hard

60. Those who seek to engage in public sociology want to shift the discussion toward ______.

a. possible changes

b. past patterns

c. current situations

d. famous sociologists

Learning Objective: 14.5: Apply the concept of public sociology to the research you have learned in this book and your class.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Public Sociology and Using Our Sociological Imagination

Difficulty Level: Medium

True/False

1. A protester who runs away rather than being arrested for disrupting traffic is showing commitment.

Learning Objective: 14.1: Define a social movement and explain its core components.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Five Main Components of Social Movements

Difficulty Level: Easy

2. A public good is non-rivalrous and non-excludable.

Learning Objective: 14.1: Define a social movement and explain its core components.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Collective Action Problem

Difficulty Level: Easy

3. Clean air and clean water are examples of public goods.

Learning Objective: 14.1: Define a social movement and explain its core components.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Collective Action Problem

Difficulty Level: Easy

4. People can participate in social movements without officially joining the group.

Learning Objective: 14.2: Explain the core theories of why people participate in social movements.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Trends in Social Movement Participation

Difficulty Level: Easy

5. Most activism in the United States is NOT very risky.

Learning Objective: 14.2: Explain the core theories of why people participate in social movements.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Trends in Social Movement Participation

Difficulty Level: Easy

6. The resources element of social movement participation refers only to money.

Learning Objective: 14.2: Explain the core theories of why people participate in social movements.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Explaining Social Movement Participation

Difficulty Level: Easy

7. The organizational model of the media asserts that journalists conspire with government officials to control the messages available to United States citizens.

Learning Objective: 14.3: Describe how the media covers social movements and the role of framing, selection and description bias, and the protest paradigm in this process.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Organizational Model of Media Coverage

Difficulty Level: Easy

8. The media plays an important role in educating the people about social issues.

Learning Objective: 14.3: Describe how the media covers social movements and the role of framing, selection and description bias, and the protest paradigm in this process.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Organizational Model of Media Coverage

Difficulty Level: Easy

9. Television stations are required to offer equal time to differing viewpoints because they are using bandwidth that is owned by the public.

Learning Objective: 14.3: Describe how the media covers social movements and the role of framing, selection and description bias, and the protest paradigm in this process.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Ideological Model of Media Coverage

Difficulty Level: Medium

10. Media coverage of protest events tend to cover dramatic or wacky elements rather than the message of the protesters.

Learning Objective: 14.3: Describe how the media covers social movements and the role of framing, selection and description bias, and the protest paradigm in this process.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Ideological Model of Media Coverage

Difficulty Level: Easy

11. It is possible for a group to achieve its goals without being recognized as the voice of their cause.

Learning Objective: 14.4: Define the multiple dimensions of social movement success, including acceptance and new advantages.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Success in Social Movements

Difficulty Level: Easy

12. Social movement success is measured in acceptance, NOT advantages.

Learning Objective: 14.4: Define the multiple dimensions of social movement success, including acceptance and new advantages.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Success in Social Movements

Difficulty Level: Easy

13. It is easier for social movements to measure success in larger goals than smaller ones.

Learning Objective: 14.4: Define the multiple dimensions of social movement success, including acceptance and new advantages.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Success in Social Movements

Difficulty Level: Easy

14. Public sociology helps societies visualize what could be instead of focusing on current conditions.

Learning Objective: 14.5: Apply the concept of public sociology to the research you have learned in this book and your class.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Public Sociology and Using Our Sociological Imagination

Difficulty Level: Easy

15. Karl Marx’s efforts to control capitalism could be considered an early version of public sociology.

Learning Objective: 14.5: Apply the concept of public sociology to the research you have learned in this book and your class.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Public Sociology and Using Our Sociological Imagination

Difficulty Level: Hard

Essay

1. Describe and give examples of each of Tilly’s five elements of a social movement.

Learning Objective: 14.1: Define a social movement and explain its core components.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: The Five Main Components of Social Movements

Difficulty Level: Easy

2. Explain the importance of the four elements that affect participation in social movements.

Learning Objective: 14.2: Explain the core theories of why people participate in social movements.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Explaining Social Movement Participation

Difficulty Level: Hard

3. What role does the media play in determining what beliefs are considered mainstream? Use details and examples to support your answer.

Learning Objective: 14.3: Describe how the media covers social movements and the role of framing, selection and description bias, and the protest paradigm in this process.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: The Ideological Model of Media Coverage

Difficulty Level: Hard

4. Explain co-optation and pre-emption in reference to social movements using situations with details and examples for support.

Learning Objective: 14.4: Define the multiple dimensions of social movement success, including acceptance and new advantages.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Success in Social Movements

Difficulty Level: Hard

5. Define public sociology and provide at least one example of a possible benefit to society, and a potential challenge to its acceptance.

Learning Objective: 14.5: Apply the concept of public sociology to the research you have learned in this book and your class.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Public Sociology and Using Our Sociological Imagination

Difficulty Level: Hard