Since the 1960s, there has been a(an) __________ in the number of blacks in professional, technical, and management positions.
a. large decrease
b. stagnation
c. moderate increase
d. sizeable increase
Question 2Malthusian problems tend to generate which of the following?
a. terrorism
b. war
c. disease
d. a and b above
e. all of the above
Question 3When developed nations exploit poorer nations, which of the following is likely to ensue?
a. Economic development will increase.
b. Internal revolts against corrupt political leaders will increase.
c. Rivalries among ethnic groups will increase.
d. a and c above
e. all of the above
Question 4Crozier concludes that humans should
a. leave society alone and it will naturally work out its own problems.
b. continue to intervene in the problems of society because if we do not they will get worse.
c. occasionally rise up and overthrow society and create a new one.
d. leave society alone; attempts at change will inevitably bring worse problems than we now have.
Question 5It is often the case that our attempts to change society actually end up producing the opposite effects. Why is this, according to Crozier?
a. The people who make change--once they are successful--become selfish partners of the powerful.
b. Leaders of change do not really desire change for the good of society but for the good of themselves.
c. A law of society is that efforts to make change bring anger on the part of the powerful.
d. Sociology is so complicated that it is really impossible for most of us to understand what our efforts will eventually bring.