A. a restriction in the amount of information available to the general public
B. a plateauing of the amount of automation the workplace
C. a centralized accumulation of power in the hands of those who have access to computers
D. an increased involvement in society by people with disabilities
Related Mcqs:
- Among the approaches that seek to explain the causes of social movements which one states that revolutions are most likely to take place when a prolonged period of social and economic betterment is followed by a period of sharp reversal ?
A. the resource mobilization approach
B. the deprivation approaches
C. the capitalist collapse approach
D. none of the above - Which of the following factors is associated with the high divorce rate in the United States ?
A. the liberalization of divorce laws
B. divorce is easier to work out since contemporary families have fewer children than earlier families
C. the increase in family incomes
D. all of the above - Which one of the following crime rates was higher in the United States than in Europe during the 1980s and 1990s ?
A. murder
B. rape
C. robbery
D. all of the above - of those in the United States who obtain a divorce about what percent later remarry ?
A. two-thirds of divorced men
B. three-fourths of divorced women
C. two-thirds of divorced women
D. 80 percent of divorced women - Since the 1990s the rate of teenage pregnancy among Black women in the United States has_________________?
A. increased dramatically
B. decreased
C. increased slightly
D. remained steady - In the United States often formalize norms into_______________?
A. folkways
B. mores
C. values
D. laws - While vacationing in Great Britain you discover that the British drive on the “wrong” side of the road are critical of your United States accent and will not accept dollars in stores You feel disoriented and out of place and thus are experiencing ?
A. xenocentrism
B. the Hawthorne effects
C. the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
D. culture shock - Which sociological perspective would note that poor and rural sections of the United States tend to be underserved because medical service concentrate where people are numerous or wealthy ?
A. functionalist perspective
B. conflict perspective
C. interactionist perspective
D. neo-Malthusian view - A researcher examines the literature written by Black novelists during the “Negro Renaissance” (1913-1935) to see if they reflect the political movements going on in the Black community in the United States at that time What type of research methodology is being used in this example ?
A. secondary analysis
B. interviews
C. observation
D. content analysis - The most dramatic population trend in the United States throughout the twentieth century has been_______________?
A. urbanization
B. suburbanization
C. the move to the sunbelt
D. the move to the “old homestead” in rural areas
