Question 1(TCO 8) The natural growth rate of a population is derived from the subtraction of the

Week Final Exam  

Question 1

 

(TCO 8) The natural growth rate of a population is derived from the subtraction of the

 

crude death rate from the crude birth rate.

 

crude birth rate from the crude death rate.

 

net death rate from the gross death rate.

 

net birth rate from the gross birth rate.

 

live fish rate from the gross net weight.

 

 

 

 

 

Question 2

 

(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.

 

 

 

 

 

Question 3

 

(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

 

 

 

 

 

Question 4

 

(TCO 3) What is an appropriate criticism of the Logic of Growth arguments?

 

It is by no means logical.

 

It ignores the globally dramatic increase in population.

 

It is unnecessarily pessimistic.

 

It assumes that natural resources will always be plentiful.

 

No logic, no growth; know logic, know growth.

 

 

 

 

 

Question 5

 

(TCO 8) Which English economist and clergyman warned that rapid population increase would lead to social chaos?

 

Fredrick Engles

 

Thomas Robert Malthus

 

Les Ismore

 

Paul Ehrlich

 

Ralph Nader

 

 

 

 

 

Question 6

 

(TCO 3) What is a criticism that is sometimes made of Weber’s work?

 

The inequality he attributed to alienation actually stems from social bureaucracy.

 

The bureaucracy he attributed to alienation actually stems from social inequality.

 

The inequality he attributed to bureaucracy actually stems from social alienation.

 

The alienation he attributed to bureaucracy actually stems from social inequality.

 

The bureaucracy he attributed to inequality actually stems from social alienation.

 

 

 

 

 

Question 7

 

(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

 

 

 

 

 

Question 8

 

(TCO 8) Which term refers to material culture changing faster than nonmaterial culture?

 

Culture shock

 

Culture lag

 

Cultural relativity

 

Cultural integration

 

Cultural relativism

 

 

 

 

 

Question 9

 

(TCO 3) The class-society theory of modernity is based on the ideas of which of the following sociologists?

 

Karl Marx

 

Max Weber

 

Emile Durkheim

 

Ferdinand Tonnies

 

Linus Scrimmage

 

 

 

 

 

Question 10

 

(TCO 8) Of the various types of social movements, which is least threatening to the status quo?

 

Alternative social movements

 

Redemptive social movements

 

Reformative social movements

 

Revolutionary social movements

 

Reactionary social movements

 

 

 

 

 

Question 11

 

(TCOs 1, 2, 3, and 4) Identify the four major sociological research designs, give an example of each, and compare and contrast their advantages and disadvantages.

 

 

 

 

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