Exam 16: The Process of Change: Can We Make a Difference

The spread of a new finding from one place to another is known as:

According to evolutionary theory, societies typically move through stages in which order?

Which of the following is an example of a crowd behavior?

A commodity chain is a worldwide network of labor resources and production processes that go into creating a product.

The theory of social change that assumes that change is inevitable because of inequality in society is:

Khayyam is examining the evolution of the various tribes of people in Malawi, a small country in Africa. Khayyam believes that each of the societies has become more advanced over the last 300 years, but each has done so in their own way. Khayyam is likely taking the:

The assumption that all societies progress through the same steps is a tenet of the unilinear social evolutionary theory.

Conflict goals are one example of the stresses organizations may experience.

Change in organizations is generally perceived as desirable if it is evolutionary or planned.

A system of planned organizational change in which workers are involved in the decision-making process to change the internal dynamics of a company to make it more efficient is a:

According to the text, lynching, group killings, and hate crimes are all examples of:

Identify and briefly describe the four stages social movements are said to go through as they evolve.

Which of the following is a proactive social movement?

Riots and demonstrations are a form of:

Sociologists argue that the natural environment can create strain within an organization.

Which theory of social change focuses on individuals' agency to change society?

Science differs from technology in that science is the practical application of technology.

Ulla wants to study the way that groups of individuals decide to behave following a terrorist attack in their area. She feels that people's confusion following the attack will lead to the development of new definitions of acceptable behavior. Ulla is most likely using:

Reactive social movements promote change in society.

Compare and contrast open-system and closed-system models for planning organizational change.