Social and Cultural Change

A. growth of a generalized belief
B. precipitating factors
C. structural conduciveness
D. structural strain

A. deindividualization
B. invulnerability
C. suggestibility
D. transformation

A. Fashions are norms fads are not
B. Fashions are long-lived fads are short-lived
C. Fashions enjoy widespread acceptance within society fads enjoy acceptance only among a segment of the population
D. Fashions include crazes fads do not Mass hysteria

A. literacy education and communication
B. a centrally dominated social order
C. extreme social inequalities
D. homogenous social groups and organizations

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

A. try to predict the course of a civilization or society
B. focus on analyzing a single society at a time
C. believe that cultures pass through stages of growth quite different from the ones individuals pass through
D. postulate that each culture possesses a life span of approximately 200 years

A. clashes over resources and values
B. diffusion
C. the mass media
D. innovation

A. Planning
B. Diffusion
C. Social struggle
D. None of these

A. efficiency calculability affordability consistent decor
B. efficiency calculability uniformity automation
C. efficiency dehumanization automation high calories
D. efficiency Big Mac large fries’ milkshake

A. alienation
B. amorality
C. anomie
D. ascription