SOCS 185 FINAL EXAM QUESTION AND ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE | GRADED A+

SOCS 185 FINAL EXAM QUESTION AND ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE | GRADED A+. 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 population patterns reflect a society’s level of technological development. population increase will outstrip the planet’s ability to support us. population increase is now mostly in high-income nations. population decrease is now mostly in low-income nations. 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? The Fall of the Roman Empire The Enlightenment The Industrial Revolution World War I Globalization Chapter 16 Question 4 5 / 5 pts (TCO 3) What must be limited according to Limits of Growth critics? Abortions Technology The natural environment Resource usage I.Q.s Chapter 15 Question 5 5 / 5 pts (TCO 8) The environmental racism thesis falls within which theoretical approach? The structural-functional approach The sociobiology approach The symbolic-interaction approach The social-conflict approach 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 _____. collective ego; social ego other-directedness; traditional-directedness traditional-directedness; other-directedness social character; collective character 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? Relative deprivation theory Resource deprivation theory Relative mobilization theory Resource mobilization theory Resource relativity theory Chapter 16 Question 8 5 / 5 pts (TCO 8) Which sociologist pointed out that material culture changes faster than nonmaterial culture? Talcott Parsons Thorstein Veblen Theophilous Punoveall Erving Goffman William Ogburn Chapter 16 Question 9 5 / 5 pts (TCO 3) David Riesman described other-directed social character as which of the following? Openness to the latest trends and fashions Rigid conformity to established ways of life Being highly individualistic Helping others before helping yourself Unique Chapter 16 Question 10 5 / 5 pts (TCO 8) Scholars who take a postmodernist approach claim that science holds the important answers. in many respects, modernity has failed. premodernity was highly overrated. people should be optimistic about their future. communities are coming back together. Chapter 16 Question 11 Not yet graded / 40 pts (TCOs 1, 2, 3, and 4) Explain the steps in the process of carrying out sociological investigation. What specific questions must be answered as a researcher moves through their investigation? Your Answer: 1. Broad Area of Interest Identified: Broad problem area refers to the entire situation where one sees a possible need for research and problem solving. The specific issues that need to be researched within this situation may not be identified at this stage. For example the broad area of interest may be the entire field of education, or within education could be the examination system, student teacher relations, the extracurricula activities, course contents, and so on. Within the broad area of education, look at one observation about the mass failure of students in th eir graduate examination of different universities. Such identification may be based on ones experiences and or on general observations in which one may have sensed that certain changes are occurring or certain changes need to take place for the improvement of the situation. When the observed phenomena are seen to have potentially important consequences, then one c ould proceed to the next step.