Exam 4: Society

According to Lenski, the term socio-cultural evolution refers to

Weber viewed rationality as a liberating force that would free the human spirit.

Durkheim claimed that, in modern societies such as Canada, people with the strongest social bonds had the highest rates of suicide.

Of the following sociologists, which one was most interested in how society is divided?

For Durkheim, the key to change in a society is an expanding division of labour.

Which of the following is true of hunting and gathering societies?

Marx thought capitalism would bring class conflict more out in the open.

_____________ argued that society was here long before we were born.

Karl Marx used a philosophical approach called _____. Max Weber followed an approach called _____.

Marx described alienation as involving which of the following?

What type of society engages in large-scale farming based on the use of plows drawn by animals or more powerful energy sources?

Christianity, Islam, and Judaism all began in _____________ societies.

It would be correct to say that Durkheim thought of society as

Agrarian societies are more alike than hunting and gathering societies are.

Looking over the long course of history, Durkheim claimed that societies change as _____ gives way to _____.

Which of the following would likely be a question Emile Durkheim would ask about computer technology and the Information Revolution?

Weber argued that the development of industrial capitalism had its roots in a set of religious ideas linked to Calvinism.

It would be correct to say that Durkheim thought of society as

Horticultural societies are those in which

How did Weber describe traditional societies?