All of the following except one are sociological concerns about American society relating to Urbanism. Which one is not?   Question 10 options:   City/Urban areas can have so much sensory overload (horns, sirens, high population, strangers) that can lead one to adopt a "blasé urbanite" mentality.   Another Sociologist mentioned the weakening of social bonds in urban life is hard on many people in urban areas of the U.S..   F. Tonnies said you are likely to see more "gesellschaft" in our modern urban environment.   You will also find in urban areas more of what E. Durkheim referred to as "mechanical solidarity".

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All of the following except one are sociological concerns about American society relating to Urbanism. Which one is not?
 

Question 10 options:

 
City/Urban areas can have so much sensory overload (horns, sirens, high population, strangers) that can lead one to adopt a "blasé urbanite" mentality.
 
Another Sociologist mentioned the weakening of social bonds in urban life is hard on many people in urban areas of the U.S..
 
F. Tonnies said you are likely to see more "gesellschaft" in our modern urban environment.
 
You will also find in urban areas more of what E. Durkheim referred to as "mechanical solidarity".

 

The Demographic Transition Theory .....

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Question 11 options:

 

is a 2 stage historical model of transtion in population growth

 

was created to depict the history of birth and death rates in 3rd world poor countries

 

was created to depict the history of birth rates and migration in the modern 1st world countries

 

was created to depict the history of population growth moving out of simple low-tech preindustrial civilization into a more modern industrial and post-industrial situation.

 

shows that it was an increase in the birth rate that created the population explosion of the 20th century.

 

All of the following except one are true regarding the possible effects of Modernization. Which one is not true?
 

Question 12 options:

 
Often many technologies have hidden social or physical side-effects that are not revealed until some later date.
 
Once humans get a taste of scientific thinking and rationalization in the post-modern world they do not turn back to more religious or traditional ways of culture.
 
Cross-cultural studies show that different countries and cultures around the world will deal with modernization in many different ways.
 
More technology can bring about exploitation of human rights (surveillance, weapons) and exploitation of the environment.
 
Nevertheless, modernization still brings about many positive cultural advancements for many around the world.

 

A lot of folks living in the middle of big cities in the U.S. develop coping strategies to deal with all the noise, chaos, hustle and bustle by just "tuning it out" and ignoring most people and their activities? This is reffered to as in Sociology as the:
 

Question 13 options:

 
Gemeinschaft
 
Cultural Lag
 
Alienation
 
Loss of Community
 
Blase Urbanite

 

Over-population is more likely to become a serious issue:

Which is true?

 

Question 14 options:

 

when a region or country is in Stages 2 and 3 of the Demographic Transition Theory

 

where the food production and the population growth both have "arithmetic" progression .

 

in urban areas as opposed to rural, since modern urbanization contributes to higher birth rates.

 

in a post-industrial modern rural areas of the world (U.S. is post-industrial).

 

when a region or country is in stage 4 of the Demographic Transition Theory.

 

Population is more like to be, or become, as serious issues ...   (Which is true?) 

 

Question 15 options:

 

... when a region or society is in Stages 2 or 3 of the Demographic Transition Theory.

 

... where food production and population growth both have "arithmetic progress".

 

... in urban areas as opposed to rural areas, since modern urbanization contributes to the highest birth rates.

 

... in post-industrial modern rural areas like those in the U.S..

 

... when a region or society is in Stages 4 or 5 of the Demographic Transition Theor

 

Max Weber had a lot to say about the "Rationalization of [modern] Society".  Only one of the following statements below is true concerning western rationalization.  Which one is true?

 

Question 16 options:

 

Tribal people today, and most state-level civilizations before the Industrial Revolution, tend(ed) to deal with more "disenchantment", lacking meaning and connecting with the traditions of the past.

 

Over recent centuries we have moved from more traditional and emotional-based decision making to more rational fact-based logical reasoning.

 

Instrumental Rationalization in modern Western countries tends to be more deep-seeded and emotionally meaningful than the rationalization of more traditional and tribal ways of life. 

 

Disenchantment is when a group has become disenchanted with too much traditional and religious-based decision making and wishes to embrace science and rational thought.

 

 

 
 
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