Rumors about a bizarre event that supposedly happened to someone far removed from the individual telling the story are often called_______________?

A. Legendary tales
B. Urban legends
C. Sports legends
D. Schoolyard tales

________ usually last longer are better organized more goal-oriented and have a longer lasting impact than fads or crazes ?

A. Social movements
B. Developments
C. Conventions
D. Hysterias

What approach focuses on the ever-changing relationship over time between social movements and macro-level economic and political systems ?

A. Globalization
B. Political process
C. Postmodernism
D. Linear evolutionary

_____________ is the term commonly used to describe the early days of a social movement characterized by a general mood of discontent ?

A. Bureaucratization
B. Decline
C. Coalescence
D. Incipience

Which of the following was not identified as a major theoretical perspective on social change ?

A. Functional theory
B. Interactionist theory
C. Conflict theory
D. Cyclical theory

Marx saw conflict between ________ as the primary source of social change ?

A. Classes
B. Ethnic groups
C. Nations
D. Religions

A person is consciously motive primarily by his_______________?

A. Social values
B. Real traits
C. Picture of himself
D. None of these

_________ refers to the fundamental alterations in the patterns of culture structure and social behavior over time ?

A. Cultural lag
B. Diffusion
C. Social change
D. Modernization

Which of the following is an accurate statement regarding evolutionary perspectives on social change ?

A. Lenski argues that evolution depends largely on changes in a society’s level of technology and made of economic production
B. Social darwinists like spencer see evolution as inevitably leading to the downfall of society
C. Contemporary approaches take a unilinear view of evolution and assume all change equals progress
D. Parsons suggested that societies tend become simpler over time

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