Deck 24: C: Social Change

Question 1

Karl Marx considered the defining trait of modern society to be capitalism.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Durkheim's greatest concern about modern societies focused on:

A)a rise of anomie.
B)increasing personal choice.
C)increasing productive specialization.
D)increasing personal privacy.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Individuals experience modern mass societies in terms of:

A)pronounced moral relativism.
B)little personal choice.
C)too little privacy.
D)powerlessness.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

In global perspective,we see that some societies change but others do not.

Question 5

Karl Marx highlighted which of the following in the process of social change?

A)invention
B)ideas
C)social conflict
D)cultural diffusion

Question 6

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

A)Emile Durkheim
B)Karl Marx
C)Max Weber
D)Ferdinand Tönnies

Question 7

Sociologists explain that the consequences of social change are:

A)always positive.
B)always negative.
C)usually both positive and negative.
D)impossible to assess.

Question 8

Which of the following are common causes of social change?

A)discovery of existing things
B)diffusion from one cultural system to another
C)invention of new ideas and things
D)All of the above are correct.

Question 9

What demographic (population)trends are reshaping Canada?

Question 10

Social change is almost always:

A)controversial.
B)planned.
C)good for everyone in a society.
D)All of the above are correct.