Question 1

What demographic (population) trends are reshaping the United States?

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Question 2

The problem mass-society theory sees with the expansion of bureaucracy and the state is that

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A)  as bureaucracy and the state grow, people in local communities have little control over their lives.
B)  government is not very efficient.
C)  there is an increase in social inequality.
D)  people feel the need for more personal freedom.

Question 3

To say that modern society has a "mass scale" means that many fewer people

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A)  live in small communities.
B)  have a strong sense of cultural heritage.
C)  are very sure about what is right and wrong.
D)  All of these are correct.

Question 4

Scholars who take a postmodernist approach claim that

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A)  in many respects, modernity has failed.
B)  science holds the important answers.
C)  people should be optimistic about their future.
D)  All of these are correct.

Question 5

Which of the following is a common cause of social change?

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A)  discovery of existing things
B)  diffusion of ideas from one cultural system to another
C)  invention of new ideas and things
D)  All of these are correct.

Question 6

Karl Marx highlighted which of the following in the process of social change?

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A)  invention
B)  ideas
C)  class conflict
D)  cultural diffusion

Question 7

According to mass-society theory, the mass media transform people in countless local communities, forming a national culture.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Class-society describes the personal experience of modernity as powerlessness.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Modernization typically reduces the range of personal choice about how to live.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Durkheim considered a rising suicide rate a good indicator that mechanical solidarity was getting stronger.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Max Weber defined modernity in terms of which of the following concepts?

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A)  capitalism
B)  specialization
C)  self-interest
D)  rationalization

Question 12

Emile Durkheim's concept of mechanical solidarity parallels Tönnies's concept of Gesellschaft.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Karl Marx was a major architect of mass-society theory.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The class-society approach to modernity focuses on which of the following?

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A)  marked social stratification
B)  productive specialization
C)  loss of traditional community
D)  rationality

Question 15

While Max Weber linked modern alienation to inequality, Karl Marx linked modern alienation to expanding bureaucracy.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

The theory of postmodernity claims that, in important respects, modernity has failed to live up to its promise.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Sociologists point out that

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A)  some societies change and others do not.
B)  social change happens all the time.
C)  all social change is good.
D)  All of these are correct.

Question 18

Which of the following concepts refers to changes brought on by the Information Revolution?

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A)  feudalism
B)  tradition
C)  modernity
D)  postmodernity

Question 19

Mass-society theory argues that the scale of social life is increasingly leaving people feeling lost in a world of vast and impersonal bureaucracies.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

The Kaiapo of Brazil's rain forest and the Hog Hammock community off the coast of Georgia show us that

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A)  "progress" is typically good.
B)  social change is usually good for everyone.
C)  people do not have to change if they do not want to.
D)  people sometimes lose their cultural foundation as a result of materialism.

Exam 24: Social Change: Traditional

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Emile Durkheim's concept of mechanical solidarity parallels Tönnies's concept of Gesellschaft.

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Karl Marx was a major architect of mass-society theory.

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While Max Weber linked modern alienation to inequality, Karl Marx linked modern alienation to expanding bureaucracy.

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Max Weber defined modernity in terms of which of the following concepts?

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Scholars who take a postmodernist approach claim that

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The theory of postmodernity claims that, in important respects, modernity has failed to live up to its promise.

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According to mass-society theory, the mass media transform people in countless local communities, forming a national culture.

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Karl Marx highlighted which of the following in the process of social change?

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What demographic (population) trends are reshaping the United States?

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Sociologists point out that

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To say that modern society has a "mass scale" means that many fewer people

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Which of the following concepts refers to changes brought on by the Information Revolution?

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Which of the following is a common cause of social change?

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Mass-society theory argues that the scale of social life is increasingly leaving people feeling lost in a world of vast and impersonal bureaucracies.

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Class-society describes the personal experience of modernity as powerlessness.

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The class-society approach to modernity focuses on which of the following?

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Modernization typically reduces the range of personal choice about how to live.

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The Kaiapo of Brazil's rain forest and the Hog Hammock community off the coast of Georgia show us that

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