Social Change

Question 0

Population pyriamid

Answer 0

1) Fertility; new people entering population
2) Mortality; death rate, life expectancy
3) Migration; movement of people from one place to another

Question 1

Factors of Social Change

Answer 1

-Size, composition, distribution, population, pyramid

Question 2

Malthusian Theory

Answer 2

Two forces in society

1) unchecked population growth can be exponential
2) growth of food supply is linear

Question 3

Factors for Population

Answer 3

1) Positive checks; war, disease, famine

2) preventive checks; moral restraint

Question 4

Neomalthusian Additions

Answer 4

• Birth control to control population

- Environmental degradation

Question 5

Demographic Transition Theory

Answer 5

Transition from high death and high birth rates to low death and low birth rates

1) industrial revolution; death rates drop and birth rates constant
2) post-industrial revolution; birth rates fall, balances death rates
3) stage 4; population growth stabilizes

Question 6

Movement Stages

Answer 6

1) Emergence of movement
2) Coalesce
3) Decline of movement

Question 7

Proactive vs Reactive

Answer 7

Proactive; trying to get something done

Reactive; resisting change

Question 8

Movement Categories

Answer 8

1) expressive social movement; focused on changing people
2) social reform movements; change a specific dimension of society
3) revolutionary movement; total change n society
4) resistance movement; trying to preserve an existing system
5) global movement

Question 9

Two Forces of Modernity

Answer 9

1) Force of McWorld; all encompassing, homogeneity, uniform planet
2) Force of Jihad; resistant force against McDonaldization; focus on community rather than homogeneity

Question 10

The Digital Age

Answer 10

• vehicle for spreading voice of Jihad
• Prioritization of efficiency immediacy
• Online activism
• endless supply of information

Question 11

Critiques of Digital Age

Answer 11

• inherently impersonal
• anti social behavior
• inequality in access