Quiz 1 - Soc2T2

It is the process through which social structures and institutions are reconstructed, undergoing a cultural transformation.

(a)  

Social change can only result in positive outcomes.

• True

• False

Social stagnation means that there is no social change for a period of time.

• True

• False

For Marx, this was the most relevant factor for social change:

• Work

• Religion

• Economy

• Culture

Nowdays, it is highly valued by sociologists as a factor for social change:

• Technology

• Economy

• Art

• Conflict

Most sociologists nowadays focus on one or two social factors to understand social change.

• True

• False

This characteristic of social change refers to the fact that changes can happen in families as well as in whole nations, or the whole world even.

• Ubiquitous

• Measurable

• Multi-Leveled

• Inevitable

This characteristic of social change refers to the fact that it happens everywhere, although it is not the same specific social change.

• Ubiquitous

• Measurable

• Multi-Leveled

• Inevitable

This characteristic of social change says that it has no fixed time duration. It can be rapid or gradual [revolutionary or evolutionary].

• Ubiquitous

• Rate

• Multi-Leveled

• Inevitable

 Scale, brevity and repetition are relevant criteria to be considered with this characteristic of social change:

• Ubiquitous

• Measurable

• Multi-Leveled

• Inevitable