2) would be a counterclaim to the claim that child abuse has been increasing over the last fifty years
a. True child abuse has become so uncommon that activists have begun labeling even nonabusive behaviors abuse
b. Increases in child abuse are linked to our general cultural tolerance for abuse
c. Abuse in general has increased so that children, the elderly, and pets are all experiencing greater levels of abuse
d. We can expect a decline in abuse when we have a stronger economy

3) ____ is an example of domain expansion.

Select one:
a. A social problems worker who typically works with AIDS patients but is beginning to work with cancer patients as well
b. Moving from ten thousand supporters of your claim to one hundred thousand supporters
c. Moving from defining poverty as a situation where people cannot meet their basic survival needs to a situation that includes people who have to work very long hours to meet their needs
d. Progressing from local news coverage of your claims to national news coverage


4) When a troubling condition is piggybacking on a well-established problem, it means that

Select one:
a. claimsmakers argue that the new condition is similar enough to the existing problem that if one deserves attention, so does the other
b. those advocating counterclaims attempt to steal the media attention from the original claimsmakers
c. claimsmakers say that the new condition is sufficiently different from the existing problem that the two should not be asso-ciated with one another
d. claimsmakers try to divert media attention from existing problems by overstating the dangers of the new condition

5) A statistic is a

Select one:
a. number used to measure or characterize a situation
b. sad or ironic example of how people often fall victim to traditions.
c. precise measure of the damage caused by a problem
d. term used by the government to describe incidents of a problem

6) Over time audiences tend to become

Select one:
a. more committed to well-established claims
b. bored with older claims and more interested in new claims
c. suspicious of new claims
d. confused by all the claims and therefore apathetic

7) The term social problems marketplace draws our attention to the fact that

Select one:
a. audiences are easily swayed by claims that support the audience's own interests
b. claimsmakers must compete with other claimsmakers for the public's attention
c. audiences are easily bought through gifts or promises of financial gains
d. it is expensive to get your claims heard

8) The necessity of operating within the existing cultural resources

Select one:
a. severely limits the types of claims that can be made
b. limits the number of people who can be mobilized
c. limits potential claims somewhat but still leaves many different possibilities open
d. doesn't limit us at all because our culture is so driven to correct troubling conditions

9) Joel Best suggests that ____________ claims tend to work best

Select one:
a. complex and nonpartisan
b. simple and strong
c. simple and nonpartisan
d. complex and strong