A. Lenski argues that evolution depends largely on changes in a society’s level of technology and made of economic production
B. Social Darwinists like Spencer see evolution as inevitably leading to the downfall of society
C. Contemporary approaches take a unilinear view of evolution and assume all change equals progress
D. Parsons suggested that societies tend become simpler over time
Related Mcqs:
- Which of the following is an accurate statement regarding the state ?
A. The state has existed throughout human history
B. The existence of the state requires that some people are able to devote time and energy to organizing power resources
C. External factors such as threats and trading partners played no part in the rise of the state
D. The production of a social surplus hindered the rise of the state - Which of the following is an accurate statement about rumors ?
A. Rumors are effective ways to disseminate reliable information
B. Rumors are easy to verify
C. Rumors are transmitted from person to person in a relatively rapid fashion
D. Rumors typically arise when people trust official sources of information - Which of the following is an accurate statement about a population pyramid ?
A. A population pyramid portrays the sex and age composition of a population
B. A population pyramid must be based on absolute numbers.
C. A population pyramid is of interest solely to academics.
D. A population pyramid requires complex statistical calculation to understand the interrelationship between age and sex in a given population. - Which of the following is an accurate statement about global cities ?
A. Global cities are major urban centers of commerce on which corporations rely.
B. Global cities are characterized by centralized manufacturing and production activities.
C. Global cities result from decentralized managerial and financial operations.
D. Global cities result from changes in world population - Which of the following is an accurate statement about segregation ?
A. Segregation in always an involuntary process
B. Segregation is the encroachment by one group on an area occupied by another group
C. Segregation can be prevented by the practice of redlining
D. Segregation is the process by which natural areas are formed by the clustering of individuals or groups on the basis of common traits or activities - Social and economic change in Pakistan has been so enormous that it can be termed as Revolutionary The process of change began with_____________?
A. Green Revolution
B. Migration after Independence
C. Both a and b
D. None of these - A change in occupational position or role without involving any change in its position in the social hierarchy is called____________?
A. Vertical mobility
B. Horizontal mobility
C. social mobility
D. None of these - Both the functionalist and conflict perspectives agree that ?
A. if ethnic stratification continues in a society conflict will decrease as people are socialized into the stratification system
B. ethnic stratification will persist as long as it is in the best interests of those in power
C. conflicts will be particularly likely and severe if class and ethnic cleavages coincide
D. none of the above - All the perspectives are______________?
A. quite opposing to each other
B. complementary each other
C. basically, the analysis of society from different angles
D. B and C - Feminist perspectives are distinctive in sociology because_______________?
A. only women can write from a feminist perspective
B. other theoretical perspectives have not researched women
C. they emphasize the centrality of gender in social analysis
D. men and women view the world in different ways
