Question 1

Rocket technology, which began during the 1940s, is an example of which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  invention 
B)  diffusion 
C)  discovery 
D)  hysteria 
A)  invention 
B)  diffusion 
C)  discovery 
D)  hysteria

Question 2

Karl Marx considered the defining trait of modern society to be capitalism.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

You have chosen to defend a Marxist interpretation of social structure and change in an upcoming classroom debate. What will be the core of your presentation?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ideas cause social change. 
B)  Conflict between classes motivates social change. 
C)  The natural environment causes social change. 
D)  Religion causes social change. 
A)  Ideas cause social change. 
B)  Conflict between classes motivates social change. 
C)  The natural environment causes social change. 
D)  Religion causes social change.

Question 4

Modernity is the product of social changes brought on by the Industrial Revolution.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

A mass society is one that

Accepted Answer

A)  has a shrinking bureaucracy. 
B)  is poor and limited in terms of economic production. 
C)  has lost much of its traditional social ties. 
D)  has very strong traditional social ties. 
A)  has a shrinking bureaucracy. 
B)  is poor and limited in terms of economic production. 
C)  has lost much of its traditional social ties. 
D)  has very strong traditional social ties.

Question 6

Does McDonald's opening restaurants around the world encourage modernity at the expense of tradition?

Accepted Answer

The question of whether McDonald's openi

Question 7

Ferdinand Tönnies described modernity as the loss of

Accepted Answer

A)  Gemeinschaft. 
B)  Gesellschaft. 
C)  social diversity. 
D)  personal choice. 
A)  Gemeinschaft. 
B)  Gesellschaft. 
C)  social diversity. 
D)  personal choice.

Question 8

Write a one-sentence statement of the prospects for positive social change in poor nations from each of the two theoretical approaches: modernization theory and dependency theory.

Accepted Answer

Modernization theory suggests that poor

Question 9

The class-society theory of modernity is based on the ideas of which of the following sociologists?

Accepted Answer

A)  Emile Durkheim 
B)  Karl Marx 
C)  Max Weber 
D)  Ferdinand Tönnies 
A)  Emile Durkheim 
B)  Karl Marx 
C)  Max Weber 
D)  Ferdinand Tönnies

Question 10

Emile Durkheim claimed that the defining trait of modernity was

Accepted Answer

A)  faith in established tradition. 
B)  kinship. 
C)  common beliefs. 
D)  an increasing division of labour. 
A)  faith in established tradition. 
B)  kinship. 
C)  common beliefs. 
D)  an increasing division of labour.

Question 11

Karl Marx claimed that conflict between classes had the effect of preventing social change.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Social change is almost always

Accepted Answer

A)  controversial. 
B)  planned. 
C)  good for everyone in a society. 
D)  brief and clearly defined. 
A)  controversial. 
B)  planned. 
C)  good for everyone in a society. 
D)  brief and clearly defined.

Question 13

Demographic change in Canada over the course of the last century includes all of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  migration. 
B)  a larger share of elderly people. 
C)  living in cities. 
D)  rapidly expanding rural communities. 
A)  migration. 
B)  a larger share of elderly people. 
C)  living in cities. 
D)  rapidly expanding rural communities.

Question 14

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

Accepted Answer

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. 
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 15

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 16

Max Weber's thesis on the Protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism highlighted the importance of which of the following in the process of social change?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 17

A number of sociologists contributed to a mass-society theory of modernity. Which of the following sociologists is NOT one of them?

Accepted Answer

A)  Emile Durkheim 
B)  Karl Marx 
C)  Ferdinand Tönnies 
D)  Max Weber 
A)  Emile Durkheim 
B)  Karl Marx 
C)  Ferdinand Tönnies 
D)  Max Weber

Question 18

Max Weber saw all of the following as evidence of modernization EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  the rise of capitalism. 
B)  the rise of science. 
C)  the spread of bureaucracy. 
D)  the increasing importance of religion. 
A)  the rise of capitalism. 
B)  the rise of science. 
C)  the spread of bureaucracy. 
D)  the increasing importance of religion.

Question 19

Today's other-directed people have little interest in fashions and fads.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

The class-society theory states that modernization has greatly reduced social inequality.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 24: Social Change: Traditional, Modern, and Postmodern Societies

Rocket technology, which began during the 1940s, is an example of which of the following?

Karl Marx considered the defining trait of modern society to be capitalism.

You have chosen to defend a Marxist interpretation of social structure and change in an upcoming classroom debate. What will be the core of your presentation?

Modernity is the product of social changes brought on by the Industrial Revolution.

A mass society is one that

Does McDonald's opening restaurants around the world encourage modernity at the expense of tradition?

Ferdinand Tönnies described modernity as the loss of

Write a one-sentence statement of the prospects for positive social change in poor nations from each of the two theoretical approaches: modernization theory and dependency theory.

The class-society theory of modernity is based on the ideas of which of the following sociologists?

Emile Durkheim claimed that the defining trait of modernity was

Karl Marx claimed that conflict between classes had the effect of preventing social change.

Social change is almost always

Demographic change in Canada over the course of the last century includes all of the following EXCEPT

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

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

Max Weber's thesis on the Protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism highlighted the importance of which of the following in the process of social change?

A number of sociologists contributed to a mass-society theory of modernity. Which of the following sociologists is NOT one of them?

Max Weber saw all of the following as evidence of modernization EXCEPT

Today's other-directed people have little interest in fashions and fads.

The class-society theory states that modernization has greatly reduced social inequality.

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