In what way did craft unions differ from industrial unions?
Correct answer A. Were horizontally organised
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What does the abbreviation CEO stand for?
Correct answer C. Chief executive officer
What has the shift towards service-sector (tertiary) jobs done?
Correct answer B. Reduced the need for unskilled or semi-skilled workers
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What are the intended consequences of advertising?
Correct answer D. All of the above
What results when executives sit on the boards of several corporations?
Correct answer C. Interlocking directorates
What can be said about the trend towards early retirement?
Correct answer D. None of the above
Which groups suffer most from the death of a spouse?
Correct answer D. All of the above
To whom was the instrumental role traditionally assigned?
Correct answer C. Males
Which of the following statements is false?
Correct answer A. More men than women live alone
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How is male dominance evident in most societies?
Correct answer D. All of the above
What often triggers collective behaviour?
Correct answer A. Rapid social change
Which of the following is NOT a feature of crowd behaviour?
Correct answer C. Individuals totally shed their identity
What is a dispersed collection of people who share a common interest in, or concern about, an issue called?
Correct answer A. Public
Which of these is NOT a form of collective behaviour?
Correct answer B. Dining out with a friend
Why may crowds behave unpredictably?
Correct answer A. Both: they are temporary, and individuals are anonymous
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Which statement correctly describes censorship?
Correct answer D. Deletes all or parts of information
Collective behaviour is?
Correct answer A. Relatively spontaneous and unstructured
Why are social scientists interested in collective behaviour?
Correct answer D. Often the basis of important social change
Which statement about violent crowd behaviour is true?
Correct answer B. Is usually temporary
When old rules and laws are disregarded and rebellious crowds create new rules of behaviour, what do social scientists call this?
Correct answer D. Revolution