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1) The first airplane was a (n)________________? a. discovery b. invention c. diffusion d. miracle
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2) When people’s beliefs about the inferiority of a certain group undergo change the process is called________________? a. social change b. cultural change c. political change d. radical change
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3) Modernization means that a society becomes________________? a. democratic b. affluent c. agricultural d. industrial
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4) It is correct to say that__________________? a. change is only a recent situation b. the more things change the more they remain the same c. the rate of change has increased in recent years d. change has been the downfall of societies
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5) Change may be experienced on three levels__________________? a. personal impersonal social b. invention discovery exploration c. micro middle and macro d. planning reform revolution
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6) A social movement which becomes a formal organization is said to have undergone________________? a. cooptation b. incorporation c. oligarchization d. bureaucratization
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7) The abolitionist movement sought the abolition of_______________? a. alcohol consumption b. states rights c. slavery d. compulsory education
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8) When a predominantly foreign government is overthrown the revolution is called_______________? a. alternative b. class c. nationalistic d. fascist
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9) When the public perceives that the government has failed the state may be said to be undergoing________________? a. revolution b. a crisis of legitimacy c. a crisis of confidence d. involution
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10) The most recent social movements________________? a. focus more on economic issues b. attract the underclass rather than the working class c. are community and locality based? d. none of the above
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11) Reform movements_________________? a. are more successful in authoritarian than in democratic societies b. substitute one ruling class for another c. may be progressive or reactionary d. aim to change the entire society
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12) Billy Graham,s religious revival meetings are an example of_________________? a. expressive crowds b. social movements c. people, s fear of the unknown d. spiritual awakening
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13) The civil rights movement in the United States was a_________________? a. reform movement b. nationalistic movement c. change resistant movement d. ethical movement
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14) In a developing nation people start to obtain good jobs Then inflation cuts their income the people begin to feel_________________? a. relative deprivation b. a failure of rising expectations c. euphoria d. depression
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15) Social movements never_________________? a. develop into political parties b. are voluntary associations c. gain control of governments d. none of the above
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16) Ideologies___________________? a. direct people to act in a certain way b. never distort the truth c. always abhor fanaticism d. refer to the study of ideas
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17) Collective behavior favors social change because it_______________? a. alters people’s perspective b. prevents action c. destroys group identity d. none of the above
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18) Public opinion is associated with_______________? a. mass society b. primary groups c. face-to-face-communication d. emergent norms
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19) When old rules and laws are ignored, and rebellious crowds set up new rules of behavior social scientists call this situation________________? a. convergence b. revolution c. collective behavior d. coup d,etat
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20) Violent crowd behavior______________? a. has no limits in its antisocial nature? b. always goes against the wishes of individual members c. is generally random d. is usually temporary
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21) Social scientists are interested in collective behavior because it is________________? a. so predictable b. not tied to social factors c. often the basis of important social change d. reflective of purely animal behavior
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22) Collective behavior is_______________________? a. rather unstructured b. well planned c. based on regular norms d. individual behavior multiplied
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23) Censorship______________? a. is the same as propaganda b. gives a one-sided interpretation of an issue c. deletes all or parts of information d. is the opposite of propaganda?
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24) Crowds may engage in unpredictable behavior because_______________? a. they are temporary b. individuals can remain anonymous c. individuals are unpredictable d. BOTH they are temporary, and individuals are anonymous
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25) Which is NOT a form of collective behavior ? a. Fashions b. Rumors c. Dining out with a friend d. Panic
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26) A scattered collection of people who share a common interest or a concern about an issue are a (n). a. group b. Crowd c. public d. audience
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27) Which is NOT a characteristic of crowd behavior ? a. Individuals totally shed their identity b. Development of a common mood c. Behavior according ti previously established norms d. Temporary
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28) Collective behavior is often precipitated by__________________? a. anomaly b. rapid social change c. deviant behavior d. fear of the future
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29) In most societies male dominance is evident through ? a. the differences is pay for the same job b. the small number of legislators who are women c. the sexual harassment situations in the military and other work places d. all of the above
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30) Which is false ? a. more men than women live alone b. more elderly men than women are married c. only a small percentage of the 65- to 74- year olds live in nursing homes d. older workers perform as well as younger workers
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31) Approximately what percentage of the population admits to being bisexual ? a. 30 percent b. 20 percent c. 10 percent d. 6 percent
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32) Scientists agree that homosexuality is______________? a. a disease b. biologically caused c. culturally learned behavior d. none of the above
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33) The instrumental role was traditionally assigned to______________? a. males b. females c. the old d. children
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34) The belief in biological determinism of sex roles________________? a. has a significant amount of scientific support b. has been supported by anthropological research especially by Margaret Mead c. is based on the wrong assumption that biological differences indicate superiority or inferiority d. shows the importance of socialization
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35) Which of the following statements is true ? a. Most of the health problems associated with growing old pose serious problems by the age of 65 b. A majority of the elderly live in nursing homes c. Young workers perform far better than elderly workers which is why employers prefer tham d. none of the above
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36) Which groups are hardest hit by the death of a spouse ? a. The more elderly widowers b. Women who derived their identity from being someone’s wife c. Women living in large cities those with small incomes and those who are fairly young d. all of the above
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37) The trend toward early retirement seems to be______________? a. irreversible b. the inevitable outcome of modernization c. a reasonable response to the declining intellectual performance that occurs after age 55 d. none of the above
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38) The result of executive officers sitting on several corporate boards is________________? a. oligopolies b. trusts c. interlocking directorates d. restraint of trade
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39) The intended consequences of advertising is to__________________? a. increase consumption b. create brand awareness and direct consumption c. create demand d. All of the above
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40) The shift toward tertiary sector jobs has_______________? a. reduced the need for unskilled or semi-skilled workers b. eliminated hardcore unemployment c. established a general trend toward the professionalization of everyone d. All of these
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41) CEO stands for_______________? a. clear everybody out b. capital employment outlay c. chief executive officer d. chief executive officer
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42) Craft unions differed from industrial unions in that they______________? a. Welcomed minorities b. Were socialist c. Were horizontally organized d. All of the above
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43) Japan’s lean production method is modeled on a system worked out at_______________? a. Nissan Motors b. Mazda Motors c. Toyota Motors d. Mitsubishi Motors
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44) By what method were the first cars ever manufactured produced ? a. Craft method b. Assembly-line method c. Lean-production method d. Production-line method
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45) What were guilds ? a. A type of money used in the Middle Ages b. Organizations dating back to the 10th century c. Kinds of labor unions d. Only b and c
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46) Globalism___________________? a. is a movement aimed at pulling African nations into a world economy? b. refers to the fact that capitalism has become the economic system of choice around the world c. attracts young idealistic people who want to introduce a world government d. is a movement of religious zealots who want to introduce a common religion around the world?
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47) Which statements is FALSE ? a. Blacks still lag behind whites in life chances particularly in the economic sector b. The black underclass finds itself in the situation of being a minority within a minority c. Relations between blacks and whites are 100 percent improved d. The civil rights movement has raised black consciousness and helped decrease self hatred
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48) By advocating the acquisition of “more androgynous roles” by both men and women what is meant is that________________? a. bisexuality should be the norm b. we should adopt passive roles c. we should adopt blurred ill-defined roles d. we should combine male and female sex-typed traits
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49) Women’s rate of diagnosed depression is__________________? a. twice as high as men’s b. half that of men c. the same as men’s d. similar in duration to that of men
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50) Which statement appears to be most correct__________________? a. gender roles have been reversed b. in a marriage spousal role are egalitarian c. housekeeping and childcare are still considered women’s work d. sex roles are blurred
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