Question 1

Organized collective activities that address values and social identities as well as improvements in the quality of life are called

Accepted Answer

A)   social movements.
B)   new social movements.
C)   false consciousness.
D)   resource mobilization.E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 2

Which of the following is an example of material culture?

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A)   technology
B)   ideas
C)   norms
D)   communicationsE) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 3

Which theory of social change holds that society is moving in a definite direction?

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A)   multilinear evolutionary theory
B)   evolutionary theory
C)   bisocial change theory
D)   dichotomous change theoryE) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

Question 4

Which concept does Talcott Parsons use to indicate the increasing complexity of social organization?

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A)   differentiation
B)   adaptive upgrading
C)   inclusion
D)   value generalizationE) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 5

The affluent have a greater chance of using the Internet than those who are not affluent.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

One key feature of current consumer technologies is that they

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A)   are increasingly manufactured in Canada.
B)   last a lot longer.
C)   require more frequent updating.
D)   are less accessible to the middle class.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 7

Which sociological perspective would most likely study the new social roles assumed by activists within a social movement?

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A)   functionalist perspective
B)   conflict perspective
C)   interactionist perspective
D)   epidemiological perspectiveE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 8

False consciousness is defined as

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A)   Marx's concept for actions that do not reflect the objective position of workers.
B)   Parsons's concept for a state of euphoria when stability is achieved.
C)   attitudes that do not reflect the objective position of workers.
D)   Leary's term for a false sense of self that is drug-induced.E) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 9

Genetically modified food is referred to as ________ by its critics.

Accepted Answer

A)   Frankenfood
B)   Frankenstein's crops
C)   Techno-friendly food
D)   FrankoglopE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 10

Genetically modified food is referred to as Frankenfood by critics of technologically engineered food products.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Which term refers to "cultural information about how to use the material resources of the environment to satisfy human needs and desires?"

Accepted Answer

A)   invention
B)   society
C)   technology
D)   governmentE) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 12

By 2012, almost ________ people were connected to the Internet.

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A)   59 million
B)   84 million
C)   1.5 billion
D)   2.3 billionE) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 13

Which two theorists have taken an evolutionary position on social change, suggesting that all societies move in a definite direction toward a higher state of being?

Accepted Answer

A)   Karl Marx and Ralf Dahrendorf
B)   Talcott Parsons and Gerhard Lenski Jr.
C)   Auguste Comte and Émile Durkheim
D)   Richard Berk and Howard AldrichE) C) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 14

Which sociological perspective suggests that censorship is an ever-present danger that society's most powerful groups will use to invade the privacy of the less powerful?

Accepted Answer

A)   functionalist perspective
B)   conflict perspective
C)   interactionist perspective
D)   dramaturgical perspectiveE) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 15

Which term refers to the period of maladjustment when the nonmaterial culture is still adapting to new material conditions?

Accepted Answer

A)   cultural relativism
B)   culture lag
C)   culture shock
D)   cultural integrationE) All of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 16

Which term does Talcott Parsons use to characterize the feature of social change that involves social institutions becoming more specialized in their purposes?

Accepted Answer

A)   differentiation
B)   adaptive upgrading
C)   inclusion
D)   value generalizationE) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 17

Neo-Luddites

Accepted Answer

A)   destroyed some of the machinery used in the early Industrial Revolution, when they raided factories at night.
B)   have questioned the incessant expansion of industrialization.
C)   were early supporters of Marxism.
D)   both destroyed some of the machinery used in the early Industrial Revolution and were supporters of Marxism.E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 18

Which sociological perspective criticizes the functionalist approach to social change for disregarding the crucial significance of change that is needed to correct social injustices and inequalities?

Accepted Answer

A)   functionalist perspective
B)   conflict perspective
C)   interactionist perspective
D)   dialectical perspectiveE) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 19

Which of the following illustrates relative deprivation?

Accepted Answer

A)   a group of sweatshop workers who are incapable of buying an adequate diet for their families
B)   residents of a squatter settlement in Nigeria who are incapable of affording adequate housing and plumbing
C)   middle management workers in a corporation who are discontented because they cannot afford the luxury cars or expensive homes that their bosses have
D)   None of these answers is correct.E) A) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 20

Discuss the various theoretical concepts associated with the functionalist view of social change.

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