Exam 4: Society

Horticultural societies typically form permanent settlements.

Modern societies are held together mostly by shared moral sentiments.

Describe Gerhard Lenski's model of sociocultural evolution, summarizing several key traits of each stage. What major technological revolutions have reshaped human societies in the past?

Durkheim used the concept "anomie" to mean the same thing as Marx's concept of "alienation."

In describing the rationalization of society, Max Weber claimed that modern society had become

What importance did Karl Marx attach to social conflict between classes?

Karl Marx claimed that societies were defined by patterns of social conflict.

Which of the following is TRUE?

Marx believed that proletarians could never overcome their false consciousness.

Of the following sociologists, which one might you most expect to be having a conversation about the question of what holds society together?

A great danger to hunting and gathering societies is

How does Durkheim's concept of anomie differ from (1) Marx's concept of alienation and (2) Weber's concept of alienation?

Max Weber's analysis of the rise of capitalism provides strong evidence of

Karl Marx argued that the dominant social institution is

Hunting and gathering societies have elected leaders.

Of the three founding sociologists considered in Chapter 4 of the text, who held the most optimistic view of modern society?

Marx noted four ways in which capitalism alienates workers. Which of the following is NOT one of these four ways?

Gerhard Lenski claims that the development of more complex technology

Which of the following factors would the Lenskis' approach highlight as bringing about change in society?

Max Weber described the features of rational social organization, pointing to all but one of the following. Which one is NOT part of his analysis?