According to relative-deprivation theory, social movements arise:
a. in situations of poverty and injustice.
b. when ongoing efforts have fallen short of goals.
c. when organized groups develop internal solidarity.
d. when people experience an intolerable gap between their rewards and what they expect.
d
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The deliberate ending of someone's life because they have a terminal illness is called
a.active euthanasia. b. passive euthanasia. c. terminal euthanasia. d. medical euthanasia.
Michael Jackson's funeral drew a global audience of an estimated 2.5 billion. The service assumed a sacred quality. This kind of gathering qualifies as
a. civil religion. b. fundamentalism. c. this worldly asceticism. d. secularization.
Which of the following groups has the most members per household, on average?
a. White families b. Black families c. Hispanic families d. Asian families
____________ is a component of rationalization or McDonaldization, in which things increasingly come to be quantified and quantity comes to replace quality in terms of importance.
a. Calculability b. Efficiency c. Predictability d. Substitution of nonhuman for human technology