What kind of crowd gathers at a religious revival meeting?
Correct answer B. Expressive
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In 1938 many listeners to a science-fiction radio broadcast believed Martians were truly invading and ran into the streets in panic. How would their behaviour be classified?
Correct answer D. None of the above
People who share an interest in saving whales could be classed as which kind of group?
Correct answer A. Public
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In what way can social movements relate to change?
Correct answer D. All of the above
Social movements are forms of collective behaviour that possess which feature?
Correct answer B. A sense of solidarity
In industrial societies, which social class is most likely to take part in social movements?
Correct answer D. Middle class
Which type of movement are Marxists most interested in?
Correct answer C. Class revolutionary movements
People suddenly placed in a situation with no familiar precedent are prone to which kind of behaviour?
Correct answer A. Collective behaviour
How do crowds differ from masses?
Correct answer B. People in a crowd are in close proximity to one another
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Which of these is NOT a feature of a social movement?
Correct answer C. It involves no orientation toward action
What does a crisis of legitimacy indicate?
Correct answer B. The public perceives that legitimate government has failed
Which of these was a nationalistic revolution?
Correct answer B. American Revolution
Which of the following is a redemptive movement?
Correct answer B. Fundamentalist Christianity
What type of movement is the Ku Klux Klan an example of?
Correct answer D. Change-resistant movement
Which statement about ideologies is correct?
Correct answer A. They underlie all social movements
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What is change experienced through new patterns of interaction among individuals and small groups called?
Correct answer D. Micro-level change
What does the term future shock mean?
Correct answer C. A phrase used by Alvin Toffler to describe the rapidity of change
Why was modernisation less disruptive in Britain than in other countries?
Correct answer C. The rate of change was slower, so integration of new values was possible
What does the term sociocultural change imply?
Correct answer C. Social and cultural change are interrelated
Knowledge of how blood circulates through the body counts as which kind of innovation?
Correct answer D. Discovery