Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

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 responses 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 responses are correct. D

Question 2

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 responses 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 responses are correct. B

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 4

Although a number of indicators show that life in the United States is getting better,some indicators suggest that life is getting worse.Which of the following is a bigger problem than it used to be?

Accepted Answer

A) infant mortality 
B) poverty among old people 
C) suicide among young people 
D) All of these responses are correct. 
A) infant mortality 
B) poverty among old people 
C) suicide among young people 
D) All of these responses are correct.

Question 5

Max Weber worried that modern societies were prone to a condition he called "anomie."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Read the four statements below.Only one is correct; which is it?

Accepted Answer

A) Members of traditional societies conform; members of modern societies do not. 
B) Members of modern societies conform; members of traditional societies do not. 
C) Members of both traditional and modern societies conform,but to different degrees and for different reasons. 
D) Neither members of traditional nor modern societies conform. 
A) Members of traditional societies conform; members of modern societies do not. 
B) Members of modern societies conform; members of traditional societies do not. 
C) Members of both traditional and modern societies conform,but to different degrees and for different reasons. 
D) Neither members of traditional nor modern societies conform.

Question 7

Modern people,claims mass-society theory,tend to develop tradition-directed personalities and hold to conventional ways of life.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Which of the following are common causes of social change?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 9

Sociologists explain that the consequences of social change are

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A) always positive. 
B) always negative. 
C) usually both positive and negative. 
D) impossible to assess. 
A) always positive. 
B) always negative. 
C) usually both positive and negative. 
D) impossible to assess.

Question 10

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 11

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

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 14

The Chapter opening story of the inhabitants of a New York apartment who live a century apart demonstrates

Accepted Answer

A) change over the last century has been dramatic. 
B) that,in some ways,life has clearly improved. 
C) that,in some ways,life has not improved. 
D) All of these are responses correct. 
A) change over the last century has been dramatic. 
B) that,in some ways,life has clearly improved. 
C) that,in some ways,life has not improved. 
D) All of these are responses correct.

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Ralph Linton explained that many familiar elements of our culture

Accepted Answer

A) actually came to us from other cultures. 
B) are unique to our own society. 
C) were unknown even a few decades ago. 
D) were discovered completely by accident. 
A) actually came to us from other cultures. 
B) are unique to our own society. 
C) were unknown even a few decades ago. 
D) were discovered completely by accident.

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Comparing various social changes,we correctly conclude that

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A) all changes are planned. 
B) fads have the greatest importance. 
C) most changes go completely unnoticed by people. 
D) some changes matter more than others. 
A) all changes are planned. 
B) fads have the greatest importance. 
C) most changes go completely unnoticed by people. 
D) some changes matter more than others.

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

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

Exam 24: Social Change: Traditional

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

Sociologists point out that

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

Although a number of indicators show that life in the United States is getting better,some indicators suggest that life is getting worse.Which of the following is a bigger problem than it used to be?

Max Weber worried that modern societies were prone to a condition he called "anomie."

Read the four statements below.Only one is correct; which is it?

Modern people,claims mass-society theory,tend to develop tradition-directed personalities and hold to conventional ways of life.

Which of the following are common causes of social change?

Sociologists explain that the consequences of social change are

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

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

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

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

The Chapter opening story of the inhabitants of a New York apartment who live a century apart demonstrates

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

Ralph Linton explained that many familiar elements of our culture

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

Comparing various social changes,we correctly conclude that

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

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

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