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Category: Social and Cultural Change
Which sociological perspective minimizes change?
A. functionalist perspective
B. conflict perspective
C. interactionist perspective
D. each of the above
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
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