SOCS 185 FINAL EXAM 1 – QUESTION AND ANSWERS

SOCS 185 FINAL EXAM 1 – QUESTION AND ANSWERS Question 2 5 / 5 pts (TCO 8) The basic idea behind demographic transition theory is population patterns reflect a society’s level of technological development. population increase will outstrip the planet’s ability to support us. population increase is now mostly in high-income nations. population decrease is now mostly in low-income nations. population size ebbs and flows between one equilibrium and another. Chapter 15 Question 3 5 / 5 pts (TCO 3) The concept of modernity refers to changes in social patterns brought on by which of the following? The Fall of the Roman Empire The Enlightenment The Industrial Revolution World War I Globalization Chapter 16 Question 4 5 / 5 pts (TCO 3) What must be limited according to Limits of Growth critics? Abortions Technology The natural environment Resource usage I.Q.s Chapter 15 Question 5 5 / 5 pts (TCO 8) The environmental racism thesis falls within which theoretical approach? The structural-functional approach The sociobiology approach The symbolic-interaction approach The social-conflict approach The social-exchange approach Chapter 15 Question 6 5 / 5 pts (TCO 3) David Riesman believes that pre-industrial societies promote _____, while modern societies promote _____. collective ego; social ego other-directedness; traditional-directedness traditional-directedness; other-directedness social character; collective character family values; Manson family values Chapter 16 Question 7 5 / 5 pts (TCO 3) Which term is used to refer to the ways in which a social movement utilizes such resources as money, political influence, access to the media, and personnel? Relative deprivation theory Resource deprivation theory Relative mobilization theory Resource mobilization theory Resource relativity theory Chapter 19 IncorrectQuestion 1 0 / 5 pts (TCO 8) Why is the term called the crude birth rate? If you’ve ever attended a birth, you understand that it can get kind of crude. The rate is crude because males and females, not in their childbearing years, are part of the equation. To compare societies have differing proportions of females in their childbearing years. The crude birth rate is precise, but difficult to calculate. It is calculated using the average annual number of births and deaths. Chapter 15 Question 8 5 / 5 pts (TCO 8) Which sociologist pointed out that material culture changes faster than nonmaterial culture? Talcott Parsons Thorstein Veblen Theophilous Punoveall Erving Goffman William Ogburn Chapter 16