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Week 2
Jasmine Wilson
Course
Test
Started
3/27/16 8:21 PM
Submitted
3/27/16 9:11 PM
Due Date
3/27/16 11:59 PM
Status
Completed
Question 1
1 out of 1 points
Modern conflict theorists assume the predominant ideas and values in a culture are
those which are consistent with the _____ in the society.
Selected Answer: dominant groups
Question 2
1 out of 1 points
According to the interpretive position, for change to occur, those involved need to
develop "identity and injustice" frames of meaning including a common _______.
Selected Answer: all the above
Question 3
1 out of 1 points
Mass Society Theory emerged to address the transition from traditional societies, which
had strong solidarity based on tradition and personal relationships, to mass societies,
which have weak solidarity based on _____ and impersonal relationships.
Selected Answer: cultural pluralism
Question 4
1 out of 1 points
Question 5
1 out of 1 points
Question 6
0 out of 1 points
Question 7
1 out of 1 points
_____ models of change do not deny things change, but deny that change is leading
anywhere in the long run.
Selected Answer: cyclical
Question 8
1 out of 1 points
Question 9
0 out of 1 points
For interpretive theories, the starting point for analyzing change is:
Selected Answer: social networks
Question 10
0 out of 1 points
Question 11
1 out of 1 points
The conflicts betwen the Basque separatists and the Spanish, and between French and
English Canadians, are examples of how _____ - an ideology concerning a particular
identity and community of people based on shared history, culture and language - can
be a potent force for change.
Selected Answer: nationalism
Question 12
1 out of 1 points
Marx argued that social change would occur due to the "contradictions" between the
forces of production and:
Selected Answer: the social relations of production
Question 13
1 out of 1 points
Question 14
0 out of 1 points
Question 15
0 out of 1 points
Ralf Dahrendorf uses the term "_____" to refer to a series of unrelated two-party
conflicts.
Selected Answer: imperatively coordinated associations
Question 16
1 out of 1 points
Che Guevara was an uneducated vigilante that was motivated by his experiences as a
poor Cuban.
Selected Answer: False
Question 17
1 out of 1 points
One of the types of social change discussed by Talcott Parsons, ______, involves the
restoration of a previous pattern of equilibrium, e.g. by rebuilding a community after a
disaster.
Question 18
1 out of 1 points
_____ models of social change assume that social life has inherent stresses or
"contradictions" and that change occurs as an attempt to resolve an accumulation of
intolerable contradictions.
Selected Answer: Dialectical
Question 19
1 out of 1 points
Question 20
1 out of 1 points
Evidence of the validity of the "Contact Hypothesis" can be seen in scenes from the film
"The Visitor" such as:
Selected Answer: All of the above
Sunday, March 27, 2016 9:11:21 PM MST
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