Exam 16: Social Change

A research team led by biologist Brian MacKenzie ran computer models of the population dynamics of the bluefin tuna, according to a study published in Conservation Letters. The models suggest that the population of bluefin in the Atlantic and Mediterranean oceans will most likely collapse even if fishing were banned immediately. This is a serious issue for sushi lovers everywhere, and some sociologists call it

Increasingly, people in every nation came to watch more of the same movies during the second half of the twentieth century. What would your textbook call this phenomenon?

Many individuals began to see the growth of federal prison populations as a problem in the 1990s. What were they a part of first, though they would later form groups to protest the policies that imprisoned so many?

The Information Revolution is transforming Western society from

What are the two different classes of social dilemmas? Identify them and describe how each works.

Chapter 16 argues that modern society is transforming to a postmodern society. Compare the features of modernity with postmodernity.

In 1968, Garrett Hardin described the tragedy of the commons. The classic example of the commons is a pasture where any community member can graze their livestock. What would be the modern equivalent of the commons?

The Shriners are a fraternity based on the Masonic principles of brotherly love, relief, and truth. They have roughly 375,000 members and 191 temples in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The Shriners support Shriners Hospitals for Children, which is a system of twenty-two hospitals dedicated to improving the lives of children by providing specialty pediatric care. What prohibits the Shriners from being a social movement?

Why do people join social movements? Compare competing theories and discuss the assumptions behind them.

Litter may not be the most pressing problem facing our society, but many people still wish that our streets and parks had less trash strewn about. However, it is difficult to convince people to clean these public areas, which is a problem that sociologists would call