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Questions

1. _______ generally do not view government as their ally in the struggle for a better society. While they typically do not seek to overthrow the government, they may criticize, protest, or harass public officials. Researchers have found that members show little inclination to accept established authority, even scientific or technical authority. This characteristic is especially evident in the environmental and anti-nuclear power movements, whose activists present their own experts to counter those of government or big business

A. New social movements

B. Biosocial

C. Abolitionist

D. Socialist

2. Leadership is a central factor in the mobilization of the discontented into social movements. Often, a movement will be led by a inspiring figure, such as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

As Max Weber described it in 1904, ______ is that quality of an
individual that sets him or her apart from ordinary people. Of course, this attribute can fade abruptly, which helps to account for the fragility of certain social movements

A. pretentiousness

B. charisma

C. confidence

D. authoritarianism

3. One conflict theorist, ____, has noted that the contrast between the functionalist perspective's emphasis on stability and the conflict perspective's focus on change reflects the contradictory nature of society.

Human societies are stable and long-lasting, yet they also experience serious conflict. This theorist found that the functionalist and conflict perspectives were ultimately compatible, despite their many points of disagreement.

Karl Marx recognized the importance of recruitment when he called on workers to become aware of their oppressed status and to develop a class consciousness. Like theorists of the resource mobilization approach, Marx held that a social movement (specifically, the revolt of the proletariat) would require leaders to sharpen the awareness of the oppressed. They would need to help workers to overcome feelings of _________, or attitudes that did not reflect workers' objective position, in order to organize a revolutionary

A. schadenfreude

B. anomie

C. false consciousness

D. alienation

E. culture lag

F. differentiation

4. Talcott Parsons contends that societies experience ___________, the development of new values that tolerate and legitimate a greater range of activities. The acceptance of preventive and alternative medicine is an example of this concept as society has broadened its view of health care.

A. Stratification

B. ethnocentrism

C. value generalization

D. differentiation

5. In the 19th century, there were workers in Europe who resisted the emerging technologies of industrialization. Workers in England even went as far as destroying the machinery of factories as a form of organized resistance. This group was called___

A. Marxists.

B. Anarchists.

C. Abolitionists.

D. Luddites.