Question 1

Social change results from invention, discovery, and cultural diffusion.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

The theory of postmodernity claims that, in important respects, modernity has failed to live up to its promise.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Individuals experience modern mass societies in terms of

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A)   pronounced moral relativism.
B)   little personal choice.
C)   too little privacy.
D)   powerlessness.E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 4

The Kaiapo of Brazil's rainforest show us that

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A)   "progress" is typically good.
B)   social change is usually good for everyone.
C)   people do not have to change if they do not want to.
D)   people sometimes gain money at the cost of losing their cultural foundation.E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT a trait that Berger links to modernity?

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A)   the decline of large cities
B)   the expansion of personal choice
C)   increasing social diversity
D)   a future orientation and growing awareness of timeE) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 6

Sociologists point out that

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A)   some societies change and others do not.
B)   social change happens all the time.
C)   all social change is good.
D)   social change occurs in fits and starts.E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 7

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

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A)   invention
B)   ideas
C)   social conflict
D)   cultural diffusionE) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

Question 8

Modernity is the concept used for the social patterns that began to change the world about when?

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A)   the 1490s
B)   the 1600s
C)   the 1750s
D)   the 1920sE) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 9

Karl Marx understood modernity in terms of which of the following?

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A)   the rise of rationality
B)   increasing productive specialization
C)   the rise of the capitalist economic system
D)   the loss of traditional communityE) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 10

Emile Durkheim understood modernization in terms of changes in societal solidarity.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

In the post-industrial world, control of the "means of production"-using Marxist terms-means access to

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A)   wealth.
B)   information.
C)   power.
D)   industrial capital.E) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 12

Develop an essay that highlights various qualities of modern societies following (a) mass-society theory and (b) class-society theory. Carefully describe modern societies in such a way as to bring out the differences in the two theories. On what points do they agree? In your opinion, which is the more convincing argument? Why?

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Question 13

David Riesman described other-directed social character as which of the following?

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A)   eagerness to adopt the latest fashions and fads
B)   rigid conformity to established ways of life
C)   being highly individualistic
D)   an unwillingness to adopt the latest fashions and fadsE) A) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 14

Mass-society theory argues that the scale of social life is increasing, leaving people feeling lost in a world of vast and impersonal bureaucracies.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Difficulty forming a personal identity is a problem of modernity highlighted by mass-society theory.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

"Postmodernity" refers to societies transformed by the Industrial Revolution.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

According to Emile Durkheim, modern societies are held together by difference, a process he called "organic solidarity."

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Which of the following four statements is FALSE?

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A)   The future probably will not be as good as the present.
B)   Science does not hold all the answers.
C)   Cultural debates are intensifying.
D)   The family and other social institutions are not changing.E) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 19

The fact that the coins we use were an idea that came from the Middle East centuries ago is an example of which of the following?

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A)   invention
B)   discovery
C)   diffusion
D)   exclusionE) B) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 20

To say that modern society has a "mass scale" means that many fewer people

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A)   live in small communities.
B)   have a strong sense of cultural heritage.
C)   are very sure about what is right and wrong.
D)   live in large metropolitan centres.E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

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