Exam 4: Society

Hunting and gathering societies generate a productive surplus.

The birth of the discipline of sociology took place during the development of which type of society?

Industrial societies use powerful sources of energy to drive large machinery.

As societies generate a greater productive surplus, their people generally:

Compared to hunting and gathering societies, horticultural and pastoral societies have more productive specialization and greater social inequality.

Marx called those who own and operate factories and other businesses in pursuit of profits:

Weber traced the origins of the capitalist economy in Europe to:

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

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

Many pastoral societies are nomadic.

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

For Max Weber, an "ideal type" meant something that is the very best of its kind.

The subordination of women by men is clearly evident in hunting and gathering societies.

The driving force of social change, according to Marx, is:

Identify the seven traits that define rational social organization, according to Max Weber.

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

Industrialization changes societies in many ways. All of the following except for one are changes brought on by industrialization. Which is NOT such a change?

Weber could see the advantages of industrial capitalism,

Marx argued that industrial-capitalist societies had two main social classes: capitalists and proletarians.

Hunting and gathering societies are nomadic.