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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS 1.__________ refers to alterations over time in social structure, culture, and behavior patterns. a.Social developmentc.Social transformation b.Social changed.Modernization 2.Which of the following is/are (an) important source(s) of cultural change? a.inventionc.discovery b.diffusiond.all of the above 3.According to the text, changes are more likely if they: a.originate from cutting edge sources. b.respond to a strongly felt need among the public. c.are material rather than nonmaterial. d.all of the above 4.__________ refers to the deep preference for traditional ways of living and thinking. a.Cultural indolencec.Cultural apathy b.Cultural inertiad.Cultural nostalgia 5.In terms of social change, which of the following is/are (an) example(s) of vested interests? a.the AMA’s resistance to national health care b.the NRA’s resistance to gun control legislation c.the tobacco industry’s resistance to restrictions on smoking d.all of the above 6.Changes brought about by the effects of the baby boom moving through the life cycle are an example of social change caused by: a.institutionalized social change.c.new technologies. b.social movements.d.demographic change. 7.The view that technology is the only important source of social change is known as: a.technological determinism.c.technological favoritism. b.technological bias.d.technological tunnel vision. 8.Which theory of social change appears to be more a description of how societies have changed in the past than an analysis that explains how societies change? a.evolutionaryc.cyclical b.functionald.conflict 9.Which theory of social change argues that societies move toward greater complexity and increased institutional differentiation? a.evolutionaryc.cyclic b.functionald.conflict 10.If you were a social change theorist, and argued that education began as one of the functions performed by the family, and then moved to the one-room schoolhouse and eventually to the educational institution we see today, which theory would you be defending? a.conflictc.cyclic b.functionald.evolutionary 1