What is the widespread acceptance of using rules, efficiency, and practical results to determine human affairs and the building of social organizations around this concept?
A) the Peter Principle
B) urbanization
C) the rationalization of society
D) Northcote's Law
Question 2The two sociologists who referred to society as being a kind of living organism were _______ and ________.
A) Auguste Comte; Emile Durkheim
B) Karl Marx; Max Weber
C) Auguste Comte; Herbert Spencer
D) Emile Durkheim; Max Weber
Question 3Tiffany has a keen interest in the original theories of William Sheldon regarding the relationship between body type and juvenile delinquency.
She has duplicated the study using Sheldon's original methodology to see if her results are compatible to Sheldon's. Such a study illustrates the concept of ________.
A) validity
B) reliability
C) replication
D) correlation
Question 4What is the major emphasis of the traditional orientation to life?
A) The past is the best guide for what should be done in the present.
B) Decisions should be made based on what is the most efficient solution.
C) The means justify the ends.
D) Work relationships should be governed by contractual agreements.
Question 5In which two societies are people evaluated based on the bottom line?
A) the horticultural and pastoral societies
B) the pastoral and agricultural societies
C) the industrial and postindustrial societies
D) the agricultural and industrial societies
Question 6Functionalists refer to how parts of a society fit together to form a whole as ________.
A) a symbol
B) a synthesis
C) an integration
D) a structure