In contrast to traditional social movements, new social movement theory offers a perspective on social and political activism that is more
a. national
b. individualist
c. bureaucratic
d. global
e. governmental
Answer: d. global
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When subjects were actually in the same room and they touched, then almost no one agreed to shock the other
a. True b. False
The authors describe Goffman as a "micro-Durkheimian" because:
A. He studied with Emile Durkheim in Paris. B. He replicated Durkheim's study of suicide on a small scale in the Great Lakes region. C. He observed normative regulation as a process that takes place in interaction. D. He combined quantitative and qualitative methods in small research projects. E. He replicated Durkheim's study of religion by carrying out ethnographic research in small hunter-gatherer societies that practiced totemism and animism.
Research on __________ has shown that when people of different racial-ethnic backgrounds get together often and on an equal footing, stereotyping and prejudicial attitudes decline.
a. heightened discrimination b. the racist mind c. institutional racism d. contact theory
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Globalization is such an abstract and distant process, its effects on everyday life are difficult to see. 2. Globalization of culture can be looked at in terms of increasing homogeneity or heterogeneity. 3. The global trend toward homogeneity is often associated with cultural imperialism. 4. Anthony Giddens thinks that globalization creates conditions that offer more control over modernity and the social world. 5. According to Ulrich Beck, “second modernity” entails denationalization and the rise of transnational organizations.