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Chapter 14 Practice Quiz
Social Movements
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Which of the following is an example of a public good?
A park
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Union dues
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A house
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Moral behaviour
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Which one of the following answers is NOT a main element of social movements according to Charles Tilly?
They must involve a sustained challenge
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They must engage power holders
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They must act on behalf of a wronged population
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They must involve an intermittent challenge
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Which one of the following answers is NOT part of the WUNC of movement members?
Worthiness
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Cooperation
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Unity
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Numbers
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Early research about social movements argued what about their participants?
They weren't peaceful
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They were thoughtful
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They were rational
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They were irrational
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What is the most common form of social movements in Canada?
Protesting
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Signing a petition
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Boycotting a product
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Violent protest
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Ways of interpreting the world that allow individuals to understand and label occurrences in their daily lives are called ________.
frames
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ideologies
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media messages
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meanings
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Issue attention cycles are specific times when which group is more apt to become concerned about a problem?
The public
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Government
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The capitalists
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Workers
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Media editors' choice of a small number of protest events from a much larger pool is a process of what type of bias?
description bias
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inclusion bias
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media bias
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selection bias
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What do the media act as according to organizational models of the media?
Gatekeepers
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Cryptkeepers
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Culture police
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Organizational mouthpieces
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Which term refers to using the sociological imagination to engage with a wider audience outside traditional academic circles?
political sociology
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public sociology
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citizen sociology
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active sociology
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Social movements are sustained challenges to existing holders of power in the name of a wronged population.
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In many ways social movements are like routine politics, like the way movements seek to gain public support for their opinions and interests.
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Conscience constituencies refer to other people who might be against the plight of a wronged population.
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Charles Tilly believes the strength of a social movement is based on the formula W × U × M × C.
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Social movements often fight for public goods.
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When it comes to social movement participation, risk and cost are usually related.
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Efficacy refers to the belief that one is incapable of the specific behaviours required to produce a desired outcome.
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Socio-economic status (SES) is an important predictor of an individual's propensity to protest.
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The process of framing is about selecting certain parts of the world to emphasize and others to de-emphasize.
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Selection bias involves newspaper readers' choices to read a single story about a unique protest event out of the total number of protest events from a much larger pool.
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