Question 1

Discuss the complex issue of "NIMBY." How do we balance the desires of individuals with the needs of our larger society?

Accepted Answer

NIMBY, or "Not In My Backyard," is a com

Question 2

Those people or groups who will suffer in the event of social change and who have a stake in maintaining the status quo are called

Accepted Answer

A)  vested interests. 
B)  apartheids. 
C)  luddites. 
D)  technocrats. 
A)  vested interests. 
B)  apartheids. 
C)  luddites. 
D)  technocrats.

Question 3

Talcott Parsons was an evolutionary theorist.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Which sociological perspective would likely suggest that members of new social movements tend to mobilize as they reject statements made by established authority figures, including scientists and technical authorities?

Accepted Answer

A)  functionalist perspective 
B)  conflict perspective 
C)  interactionist perspective 
D)  epidemiological perspective 
A)  functionalist perspective 
B)  conflict perspective 
C)  interactionist perspective 
D)  epidemiological perspective

Question 5

Auguste Comte saw societies as moving forward in their thinking from

Accepted Answer

A)  mythology to scientific method. 
B)  scientific method to mythology. 
C)  mythology to religion. 
D)  monarchy to democracy. 
A)  mythology to scientific method. 
B)  scientific method to mythology. 
C)  mythology to religion. 
D)  monarchy to democracy.

Question 6

Who is more likely to have access to the Internet?

Accepted Answer

A)  an American 
B)  an African 
C)  a Latin American 
D)  a Middle Easterner 
A)  an American 
B)  an African 
C)  a Latin American 
D)  a Middle Easterner

Question 7

Which of the following is true regarding women and social movements?

Accepted Answer

A)  Women and men have held equal status within social movements. 
B)  Women tend to hold more positions of leadership in social movements. 
C)  Women tend to find it more difficult to assume a leadership role than men. 
D)  Women typically do not wish to participate in most social movements. 
A)  Women and men have held equal status within social movements. 
B)  Women tend to hold more positions of leadership in social movements. 
C)  Women tend to find it more difficult to assume a leadership role than men. 
D)  Women typically do not wish to participate in most social movements.

Question 8

Transnationals are lured by menial labor jobs that provide income superior to what they were able to earn in their native countries.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

New social movements

Accepted Answer

A)  emphasize resource mobilization on a local level. 
B)  generally do not view government as their ally. 
C)  tend to emphasize economic issues. 
D)  have their roots in social class, usually working-class, activism. 
A)  emphasize resource mobilization on a local level. 
B)  generally do not view government as their ally. 
C)  tend to emphasize economic issues. 
D)  have their roots in social class, usually working-class, activism.

Question 10

Which sociological perspective views transnational migration as having increased the economic gulf between developed and developing nations?

Accepted Answer

A)  functionalism 
B)  conflict theory 
C)  interactionism 
D)  modernization theory 
A)  functionalism 
B)  conflict theory 
C)  interactionism 
D)  modernization theory

Question 11

Which term refers to the conscious feeling of a negative discrepancy between legitimate expectations and present actualities?

Accepted Answer

A)  relative deprivation 
B)  relative mobilization 
C)  resource deprivation 
D)  resource mobilization 
A)  relative deprivation 
B)  relative mobilization 
C)  resource deprivation 
D)  resource mobilization

Question 12

Social change has been defined as

Accepted Answer

A)  a theory that holds that society is moving in a specific direction. 
B)  a view of society as tending toward instability. 
C)  significant alteration over time in behavior patterns and culture. 
D)  a view that society is moving in several different directions at the same time. 
A)  a theory that holds that society is moving in a specific direction. 
B)  a view of society as tending toward instability. 
C)  significant alteration over time in behavior patterns and culture. 
D)  a view that society is moving in several different directions at the same time.

Question 13

Which sociological perspective would suggest that the Internet serves the manifest function of facilitating communication?

Accepted Answer

A)  functionalist perspective 
B)  conflict perspective 
C)  interactionist perspective 
D)  dramaturgical perspective 
A)  functionalist perspective 
B)  conflict perspective 
C)  interactionist perspective 
D)  dramaturgical perspective

Question 14

The expectation that African and Latin countries will change by moving in the same direction as Western societies is consistent with

Accepted Answer

A)  disengagement theory. 
B)  evolutionary theory. 
C)  world systems theory. 
D)  resource mobilization theory. 
A)  disengagement theory. 
B)  evolutionary theory. 
C)  world systems theory. 
D)  resource mobilization theory.

Question 15

The Electronic Communications Privacy Act, which passed in 1986, requires the authorization of a U.S. attorney general and then the approval of a federal judge before surveillance of

Accepted Answer

A)  e-mail. 
B)  faxes. 
C)  telephone calls. 
D)  telegrams. 
A)  e-mail. 
B)  faxes. 
C)  telephone calls. 
D)  telegrams.

Question 16

A person needing to have his or her car repaired can go to a muffler store, a transmission shop, a tire retailer, or a gas station for a tune-up. Talcott Parsons refers to this type of specialization as

Accepted Answer

A)  inclusion. 
B)  exclusion. 
C)  differentiation. 
D)  adaptive upgrading. 
A)  inclusion. 
B)  exclusion. 
C)  differentiation. 
D)  adaptive upgrading.

Question 17

Various religious groups and their followers are very upset about scientific advances in reproductive technology, such as birth control pills, abortion pills, in-vitro fertilization, and genetic engineering. This conflict between religious values and new scientific concepts illustrates

Accepted Answer

A)  material culture. 
B)  nonmaterial culture. 
C)  culture lag. 
D)  cultural adaptation. 
A)  material culture. 
B)  nonmaterial culture. 
C)  culture lag. 
D)  cultural adaptation.

Question 18

Which sociological perspective would be most likely to study the bestowal of status that activists assume in their new social roles created through social movements?

Accepted Answer

A)  functionalist perspective 
B)  conflict perspective 
C)  interactionist perspective 
D)  epidemiological perspective 
A)  functionalist perspective 
B)  conflict perspective 
C)  interactionist perspective 
D)  epidemiological perspective

Question 19

Which sociological perspective views transnationals as a way for economies to maximize their use of human labor?

Accepted Answer

A)  functionalism 
B)  conflict theory 
C)  interactionism 
D)  world systems theory 
A)  functionalism 
B)  conflict theory 
C)  interactionism 
D)  world systems theory

Question 20

Social theorists seeking an analogy to Darwin's biological model originated evolutionary theory, which views society as moving in a definite direction.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Discuss the complex issue of "NIMBY." How do we balance the desires of individuals with the needs of our larger society?

Those people or groups who will suffer in the event of social change and who have a stake in maintaining the status quo are called

Talcott Parsons was an evolutionary theorist.

Which sociological perspective would likely suggest that members of new social movements tend to mobilize as they reject statements made by established authority figures, including scientists and technical authorities?

Auguste Comte saw societies as moving forward in their thinking from

Who is more likely to have access to the Internet?

Which of the following is true regarding women and social movements?

Transnationals are lured by menial labor jobs that provide income superior to what they were able to earn in their native countries.

New social movements

Which sociological perspective views transnational migration as having increased the economic gulf between developed and developing nations?

Which term refers to the conscious feeling of a negative discrepancy between legitimate expectations and present actualities?

Social change has been defined as

Which sociological perspective would suggest that the Internet serves the manifest function of facilitating communication?

The expectation that African and Latin countries will change by moving in the same direction as Western societies is consistent with

The Electronic Communications Privacy Act, which passed in 1986, requires the authorization of a U.S. attorney general and then the approval of a federal judge before surveillance of

A person needing to have his or her car repaired can go to a muffler store, a transmission shop, a tire retailer, or a gas station for a tune-up. Talcott Parsons refers to this type of specialization as

Various religious groups and their followers are very upset about scientific advances in reproductive technology, such as birth control pills, abortion pills, in-vitro fertilization, and genetic engineering. This conflict between religious values and new scientific concepts illustrates

Which sociological perspective would be most likely to study the bestowal of status that activists assume in their new social roles created through social movements?

Which sociological perspective views transnationals as a way for economies to maximize their use of human labor?

Social theorists seeking an analogy to Darwin's biological model originated evolutionary theory, which views society as moving in a definite direction.

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Exam 16: Social Change in the Global Community

Discuss the complex issue of "NIMBY." How do we balance the desires of individuals with the needs of our larger society?

Those people or groups who will suffer in the event of social change and who have a stake in maintaining the status quo are called

Talcott Parsons was an evolutionary theorist.

Which sociological perspective would likely suggest that members of new social movements tend to mobilize as they reject statements made by established authority figures, including scientists and technical authorities?

Auguste Comte saw societies as moving forward in their thinking from

Who is more likely to have access to the Internet?

Which of the following is true regarding women and social movements?

Transnationals are lured by menial labor jobs that provide income superior to what they were able to earn in their native countries.

New social movements

Which sociological perspective views transnational migration as having increased the economic gulf between developed and developing nations?

Which term refers to the conscious feeling of a negative discrepancy between legitimate expectations and present actualities?

Social change has been defined as

Which sociological perspective would suggest that the Internet serves the manifest function of facilitating communication?

The expectation that African and Latin countries will change by moving in the same direction as Western societies is consistent with

The Electronic Communications Privacy Act, which passed in 1986, requires the authorization of a U.S. attorney general and then the approval of a federal judge before surveillance of

A person needing to have his or her car repaired can go to a muffler store, a transmission shop, a tire retailer, or a gas station for a tune-up. Talcott Parsons refers to this type of specialization as

Various religious groups and their followers are very upset about scientific advances in reproductive technology, such as birth control pills, abortion pills, in-vitro fertilization, and genetic engineering. This conflict between religious values and new scientific concepts illustrates

Which sociological perspective would be most likely to study the bestowal of status that activists assume in their new social roles created through social movements?

Which sociological perspective views transnationals as a way for economies to maximize their use of human labor?

Social theorists seeking an analogy to Darwin's biological model originated evolutionary theory, which views society as moving in a definite direction.

Understanding Sociology

Sociological Research

Culture

Socialization and the Life Course

Social Interaction, Groups, and Social Structure

The Mass Media

Deviance, Crime, and Social Control

Stratification and Social Mobility in the United States

Global Inequality

Racial and Ethnic Inequality

Stratification by Gender

The Family and Human Sexuality

Religion and Education

Government and the Economy

Health and the Environment

Filters