Resistance to certain aspects of development and social change in an effort to neutralize their efforts is called__________?
Principles such as efficiency calculability and predictability are all part of what Ritzer called__________?
Which of the following was not identified as a major theoretical perspective on social change ?
__________ is the term commonly used to describe the early days of a social movement characterized by a general mood of discontent ?
What approach focuses on the ever-changing relationship over time between social movements and macro-level economic and political systems ?
________ usually last longer are better organized more goal-oriented and have a longer lasting impact than fads or crazes ?
Rumors about a bizarre event that supposedly happened to someone far removed from the individual telling the story are often called__________?
Unverified information that is passed on from person to person is called a__________?
Emergent norm theory argues that collective behavior arises when expectations regarding how to act are__________?
Early theories of collective behavior emphasized ________ a view that crowd behavior is like a mental illness that a person cannot resist ?
Which of the following describes a central change in contemporary life that has been identified by futurists ?
According to contagion theory the “mob mind” develops through__________?
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 ?
The value-added model of collective behavior ?
Mass hysteria ?
Which of the following is an accurate statement about rumors ?
________ is the process by which a society moves from traditional to industrial social and economic arrangements?
Marx saw conflict between ________ as the primary source of social change ?
Which of the following is an accurate statement regarding evolutionary perspectives on social change ?
_________ refers to the fundamental alterations in the patterns of culture structure and social behavior over time ?
A person is consciously motive primarily by his__________?
The four principles of McDonaldization are__________?
Sociologists like Bordo (1993) have attributed the epidemic of anorexia in Western cultures to__________?
The term vested interests was coined by social economist ?
Which sociological perspective minimizes change?
Which nation(s) has(have) witnessed a significant decline in voter turnout in recent elections ?
Deviant is an agent of__________?
Europeans gave firearms whiskey and small pox to India in exchange of corn potatoes tobacco This is an example of__________?
Spread of cultural traits from group to group is called__________?
A new combination or a new use of existing knowledge is termed as__________?
Functionalists accept “Change” as a __________?
According to Marxian view each stage contained within itself the seeds of__________?
Auguste Comte described __________?
Changes of relationships are primarily__________?
Changes in the social structure of a society is called__________?
The Functionalist view on social change sees development and modernization both__________?
The form of capitalism that thrives in some developing countries is characterized by a high degree of__________?
_________ is a model whereby public funds are extensively used to promote economic development?
People who are open to new experience and who tend to reject traditional patterns of authority are said to be experiencing ?
When so much attention is focused on group survival the group often experiences __________ which is a loss of focus regarding its original intent?
__________ movements advocate for progressive change using different methods than those that have previously failed and are often considered to be anti-government ?
What theory of social movement development currently dominates academic though ?
The preoccupation with eating habits following the Atkins diet is an example of a(n) __________?
Gossip usually consists of information about a person ?
A __________ is a substantial number of people who interact on the basis of loosely defined norms ?
What theory argues that only certain people will be attracted by the opportunity to participate in a given episode of collective behavior ?
__________ are the alterations over time in social structures culture and behavioral patterns ?
Social revolutions__________?
Central to the concept of social movement is the idea that __________?
According to Smelser’s model which of the following determinants of collective behavior occurs first ?
Crowds have three characteristics in common Which of the following is NOT one of those characteristics ?

Cultural lag________________?

A. refers to new forms of social disintegration
B. is the adjustment gap between material and nonmaterial culture?
C. occurs when the dominant group forces change upon the subordinate group which lags behind
D. is society’s way of avoiding the social problems that ensue from social change

Correct Answer: is the adjustment gap between material and nonmaterial culture? ✔

Last Updated: September 23, 2019