Question 1

The concept "postmodernity" refers to which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Societies that have yet to industrialize. 
B)  Societies that keep their traditions. 
C)  Societies that have entered the postindustrial era. 
D)  Societies that are just beginning to industrialize. 
A)  Societies that have yet to industrialize. 
B)  Societies that keep their traditions. 
C)  Societies that have entered the postindustrial era. 
D)  Societies that are just beginning to industrialize.

Question 2

Modernity is the concept used for the social patterns that began to change the world about when?

Accepted Answer

A)  1492 
B)  1600 
C)  the 1750s 
D)  the 1920s 
A)  1492 
B)  1600 
C)  the 1750s 
D)  the 1920s

Question 3

Social change is usually controversial.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The Kaiapo of Brazil's rain forest and the Hog Hammock community off the coast of Georgia show us that:

Accepted Answer

A)  "progress" is typically good. 
B)  social change is usually good for everyone. 
C)  people do not have to change if they do not want to. 
D)  people sometimes gain money at the cost of losing their cultural foundation. 
A)  "progress" is typically good. 
B)  social change is usually good for everyone. 
C)  people do not have to change if they do not want to. 
D)  people sometimes gain money at the cost of losing their cultural foundation.

Question 5

Max Weber declared modern societies to be "disenchanted."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Develop an essay that highlights various qualities of modern societies following (a) mass-society theory and (b) class-society theory. Carefully describe modern societies in such a way as to bring out the differences in the two theories. On what points do they agree? In your opinion, which is the more convincing argument? Why?

Accepted Answer

Modern societies can be analyzed through

Question 7

The concept of modernity refers to changes in social patterns brought on by which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  the fall of the Roman Empire 
B)  the Enlightenment 
C)  the Industrial Revolution 
D)  globalization 
A)  the fall of the Roman Empire 
B)  the Enlightenment 
C)  the Industrial Revolution 
D)  globalization

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Modernization typically reduces the range of personal choice about how to live.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Moving on has always been an important part of the experience of U.S. society. Remembering the map in the chapter, in which part of the country are there a larger number of households that stay put, where the same people have lived for thirty years or more?

Accepted Answer

A)  Florida 
B)  the Southwest 
C)  the West Coast 
D)  the Great Plains 
A)  Florida 
B)  the Southwest 
C)  the West Coast 
D)  the Great Plains

Question 11

The class-society theory of modernity is derived largely from the social-conflict approach of Karl Marx.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

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 13

Following class-society theory, the key problem of living in a modern society is:

Accepted Answer

A)  economic inequality with most people feeling powerless. 
B)  too much personal freedom. 
C)  difficulty building a clear personal identity. 
D)  too much rationality. 
A)  economic inequality with most people feeling powerless. 
B)  too much personal freedom. 
C)  difficulty building a clear personal identity. 
D)  too much rationality.

Question 14

According to Emile Durkheim, modern societies are held together by difference, a process he called "organic solidarity."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Is modernization the same around the world? Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

Modernization is not the same around the

Question 16

David Riesman described other-directed social character as which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  eagerness to adopt the latest fashions and fads 
B)  rigid conformity to established ways of life 
C)  being highly individualistic 
D)  All of the above are correct. 
A)  eagerness to adopt the latest fashions and fads 
B)  rigid conformity to established ways of life 
C)  being highly individualistic 
D)  All of the above are correct.

Question 17

Karl Marx highlighted 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 18

What are demographic (population) trends are reshaping the United States?

Accepted Answer

There are several demographic trends res

Question 19

What did Herbert Marcuse have to say about science?

Accepted Answer

A)  Science is the key to modern affluence. 
B)  Science is not new to modern societies it has existed for centuries. 
C)  Science causes as many problems as it solves. 
D)  Science is only one dimension of "rationality." 
A)  Science is the key to modern affluence. 
B)  Science is not new to modern societies it has existed for centuries. 
C)  Science causes as many problems as it solves. 
D)  Science is only one dimension of "rationality."

Question 20

For Tönnies, the essence of Gesellschaft is:

Accepted Answer

A)  faith in established tradition. 
B)  rational self-interest. 
C)  kinship. 
D)  neighborhood and friendship. 
A)  faith in established tradition. 
B)  rational self-interest. 
C)  kinship. 
D)  neighborhood and friendship.

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

The concept "postmodernity" refers to which of the following?

Modernity is the concept used for the social patterns that began to change the world about when?

Social change is usually controversial.

The Kaiapo of Brazil's rain forest and the Hog Hammock community off the coast of Georgia show us that:

Max Weber declared modern societies to be "disenchanted."

The concept of modernity refers to changes in social patterns brought on by which of the following?

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

Modernization typically reduces the range of personal choice about how to live.

Moving on has always been an important part of the experience of U.S. society. Remembering the map in the chapter, in which part of the country are there a larger number of households that stay put, where the same people have lived for thirty years or more?

The class-society theory of modernity is derived largely from the social-conflict approach of Karl Marx.

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

Following class-society theory, the key problem of living in a modern society is:

According to Emile Durkheim, modern societies are held together by difference, a process he called "organic solidarity."

Is modernization the same around the world? Why or why not?

David Riesman described other-directed social character as which of the following?

Karl Marx highlighted which of the following in the process of social change?

What are demographic (population) trends are reshaping the United States?

What did Herbert Marcuse have to say about science?

For Tönnies, the essence of Gesellschaft is:

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