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.Management Sciences
Category: Social and Cultural Change
People who are open to new experience and who tend to reject traditional patterns of authority are said to be experiencing ?
A. hysteria
B. countenance
C. modernity
D. a cultural hangover
E. anomie
Cyclical theorists_______________?
A. try to predict the course of a civilization or society
B. focus on analyzing a single society at a time
C. believe that cultures pass through stages of growth quite different from the ones individuals pass through
D. postulate that each culture possesses a life span of approximately 200 years
Rumors about a bizarre event that supposedly happened to someone far removed from the individual telling the story are often called_______________?
A. legendary tales
B. urban legends
C. sports legends
D. schoolyard tales
E. rural legends
Which of the following is an accurate statement about rumors ?
A. Rumors are effective ways to disseminate reliable information
B. Rumors are easy to verify
C. Rumors are transmitted from person to person in a relatively rapid fashion
D. Rumors typically arise when people trust official sources of information
Changes of relationships are primarily___________________________?
A. Individual changes
B. Social Change
C. Cultural Change
D. None of these
Marx saw conflict between ________ as the primary source of social change ?
A. classes
B. ethnic groups
C. nations
D. religions
In modern society cultural change is most likely to be the by-product of_______________?
A. Planning
B. Diffusion
C. Social struggle
D. None of these
The four principles of McDonaldization are________________?
A. efficiency calculability affordability consistent decor
B. efficiency calculability uniformity automation
C. efficiency dehumanization automation high calories
D. efficiency Big Mac large fries’ milkshake
Functionalists accept “Change” as a _____________?
A. Function
B. Constant
C. Change
D. None of these
The feeling of aimlessness or despair often associated with unsettling conditions is_____________?
A. alienation
B. amorality
C. anomie
D. ascription
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