SOCS185N Week 8 Quiz

1. Question:The basic idea behind demographic transition theory is 2. Question: ------- crowds provide opportunities for the expression of some strong emotion such as joy, excitement, or grief. 3. Question: Which English clergyman and economist warned that rapid population increase would lead to problems with the food supply and to social chaos? 4. Question: Zero population growth is the point at which _____ 5. Question: The environmental racism thesis falls within which theoretical approach? 6. Question: Although collective behavior is short-lived and relatively unorganized, _____ are longer lasting, are more organized, and have specific goals. 7. Question:According to ____ , people who are satisfied with their present condition are less likely to seek social change. 8. Question: 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? 9. Question: The rate of technological advancement at the level of material culture today is mind-boggling. Many of us can never hope to understand technological advances in the areas of artificial intelligence, holography, virtual reality, biotechnology, cold fusion, and robotics. The difference between this level of material culture and our understanding or our nonmaterial/ideological culture illustrates . 10. Question: Which sociologist pointed out that material culture changes faster than nonmaterial culture?