SOCS 185 Week 8 Exam.

Score for this quiz: 250 out of 250 Submitted Dec 22 at 10:41am This attempt took 135 minutes. Question 1 5 / 5 pts (TCO 8) Why is the term called the crude birth rate? 924560173747 91503547053500If you’ve ever attended a birth, you understand that it can get kind of crude. 924560123234 The rate is crude because males and females, not in their childbearing years, are part of the equation. 924560123234 787400471170To compare societies have differing proportions of females in their childbearing years. The crude birth rate is precise, but difficult to calculate. 924560123234 It is calculated using the average annual number of births and deaths. Chapter 15 Question 2 5 / 5 pts (TCO 8) The basic idea behind demographic transition theory is 924560173746 population patterns reflect a society’s level of technological development. 924560123234 population increase will outstrip the planet’s ability to support us. 924560123234 population increase is now mostly in high-income nations. 924560123234 population decrease is now mostly in low-income nations. 924560123234 population size ebbs and flows between one equilibrium and another. Chapter 15 Question 3 5 / 5 pts (TCO 3) The concept of modernity refers to changes in social patterns brought on by which of the following? 924560173759 The Fall of the Roman Empire 924560123234 The Enlightenment 924560123234 The Industrial Revolution 924560123234 World War I 924560123234 Globalization Chapter 16 Question 4 5 / 5 pts (TCO 3) What must be limited according to Limits of Growth critics? 924560173747 Abortions 924560123234 Technology 924560123234 The natural environment 924560123234 Resource usage 924560123234 I.Q.s Chapter 15 Question 5 5 / 5 pts (TCO 8) The environmental racism thesis falls within which theoretical approach? 924560173342 The structural-functional approach 924560123202 The sociobiology approach 924560123234 The symbolic-interaction approach 924560123234 The social-conflict approach 924560123234 The social-exchange approach Chapter 15 Question 6 5 / 5 pts (TCO 3) David Riesman believes that pre-industrial societies promote, while modern societies promote. 924560173759 collective ego; social ego 924560123234 other-directedness; traditional-directedness 924560123234 traditional-directedness; other-directedness 924560123234 social character; collective character 924560123234 family values; Manson family values Chapter 16 Question 7 5 / 5 pts (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? 924560173759 Relative deprivation theory 924560123234 Resource deprivation theory Relative mobilization theory 924560123202 Resource mobilization theory 924560123234 Resource relativity theory Chapter 16 Question 8 5 / 5 pts (TCO 8) Which sociologist pointed out that material culture changes faster than nonmaterial culture? 924560173747 Talcott Parsons 924560123234 Thorstein Veblen 924560123234 Theophilous Punoveall924560123234 Erving Goffman 924560123234 William Ogburn Chapter 16 Question 9 5 / 5 pts (TCO 3) David Riesman described other-directed social character as which of the following? 924560173746 Openness to the latest trends and fashions 924560123234 Rigid conformity to esta