Question 1

Scholars who take a postmodernist approach claim that

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A) in many respects, modernity has failed. 
B) science holds the important answers. 
C) people should be optimistic about their future. 
D) All of these are correct. 
A) in many respects, modernity has failed. 
B) science holds the important answers. 
C) people should be optimistic about their future. 
D) All of these are correct.

Question 2

Karl Marx was a major architect of mass-society theory.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

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

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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 4

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

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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 lose their cultural foundation as a result of materialism. 
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 lose their cultural foundation as a result of materialism.

Question 5

While Max Weber linked modern alienation to inequality, Karl Marx linked modern alienation to expanding bureaucracy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

According to mass-society theory, the mass media transform people in countless local communities, forming a national culture.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Which of the following concepts refers to changes brought on by the Information Revolution?

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A) feudalism 
B) tradition 
C) modernity 
D) postmodernity 
A) feudalism 
B) tradition 
C) modernity 
D) postmodernity

Question 8

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

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

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

To provide a full answer to the question

Question 10

Sociologists point out that

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A) some societies change and others do not. 
B) social change happens all the time. 
C) all social change is good. 
D) All of these are correct. 
A) some societies change and others do not. 
B) social change happens all the time. 
C) all social change is good. 
D) All of these are correct.

Question 11

Class-society describes the personal experience of modernity as powerlessness.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The theory of postmodernity claims that, in important respects, modernity has failed to live up to its promise.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Which of the following is a common cause of social change?

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A) discovery of existing things 
B) diffusion of ideas from one cultural system to another 
C) invention of new ideas and things 
D) All of these are correct. 
A) discovery of existing things 
B) diffusion of ideas from one cultural system to another 
C) invention of new ideas and things 
D) All of these are correct.

Question 14

Emile Durkheim's concept of mechanical solidarity parallels Tönnies's concept of Gesellschaft.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Mass-society theory argues that the scale of social life is increasingly leaving people feeling lost in a world of vast and impersonal bureaucracies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

To say that modern society has a "mass scale" means that many fewer people

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A) live in small communities. 
B) have a strong sense of cultural heritage. 
C) are very sure about what is right and wrong. 
D) All of these are correct. 
A) live in small communities. 
B) have a strong sense of cultural heritage. 
C) are very sure about what is right and wrong. 
D) All of these are correct.

Question 18

Max Weber defined modernity in terms of which of the following concepts?

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A) capitalism 
B) specialization 
C) self-interest 
D) rationalization 
A) capitalism 
B) specialization 
C) self-interest 
D) rationalization

Question 19

Durkheim considered a rising suicide rate a good indicator that mechanical solidarity was getting stronger.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

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

Exam 24: Social Change: Traditional

Scholars who take a postmodernist approach claim that

Karl Marx was a major architect of mass-society theory.

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

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

While Max Weber linked modern alienation to inequality, Karl Marx linked modern alienation to expanding bureaucracy.

According to mass-society theory, the mass media transform people in countless local communities, forming a national culture.

Which of the following concepts refers to changes brought on by the Information Revolution?

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

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

Sociologists point out that

Class-society describes the personal experience of modernity as powerlessness.

The theory of postmodernity claims that, in important respects, modernity has failed to live up to its promise.

Which of the following is a common cause of social change?

Emile Durkheim's concept of mechanical solidarity parallels Tönnies's concept of Gesellschaft.

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

Mass-society theory argues that the scale of social life is increasingly leaving people feeling lost in a world of vast and impersonal bureaucracies.

To say that modern society has a "mass scale" means that many fewer people

Max Weber defined modernity in terms of which of the following concepts?

Durkheim considered a rising suicide rate a good indicator that mechanical solidarity was getting stronger.

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

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