Question 1

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

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A)   Emile Durkheim
B)   Karl Marx
C)   Max Weber
D)   Ferdinand TönniesE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 2

Durkheim's greatest concern about modern societies focused on

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A)   a rise of anomie.
B)   increasing personal choice.
C)   a rise in productive specialization.
D)   increasing personal privacy.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 3

Emile Durkheim claimed that the defining trait of modernity was

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A)   faith in established tradition.
B)   kinship.
C)   common beliefs.
D)   an increasing division of labor.E) A) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 4

Durkheim's greatest concern about modern societies focused on

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A)   a rise of anomie.
B)   increasing personal choice.
C)   increasing productive specialization.
D)   increasing personal privacy.E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 5

In this essay, identify and discuss several causes of social change, including cultural processes (invention, discovery, and diffusion), social conflict, ideas, and demographic patterns.Of these factors, which do you think is the most important? Why?

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Question 6

Emile Durkheim understood modernization in terms of changes in societal solidarity.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

What is the reason that social movements decline?

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A)   They have accomplished their purpose.
B)   They suffer a loss of resources, including motivated members.
C)   The existing power structure attracts leaders, who "sell out."
D)   All of these responses are correct.E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 8

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 responses are correct.E) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

Question 9

Modernization means that fewer people live in small, traditional communities.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

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.E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 11

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

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A)   openness to the latest fashions and fads
B)   rigid conformity to established ways of life
C)   being highly individualistic
D)   All of these responses are correct.E) None of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 12

Only a handful of actual mob lynchings in the United States have ever been documented.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Fads are sometimes called "crazes."

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Deprivation theory states that social movements arise among people who

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A)   feel adrift in society.
B)   have plenty of money and other resources.
C)   feel they lack enough income, basic rights, or human dignity.
D)   mobilize around cultural symbols.E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 15

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

To a passing observer, all types of collective behavior appear very much the same.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

People in the United States are inclined to speak of social change as "progress." In this essay, critically assess that contention.As evidence, consider some of the changes mentioned in the box on

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The idea of social change being synonymo...

Question 19

Culture theory would argue that a photograph or some other symbol often serves as the rallying point for forming a social movement.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

A)   feudalism
B)   tradition
C)   modernity
D)   postmodernityE) All of the above
F) B) and C)

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