10 Questions
What are three basic ideas of social change that have been developed in various cultures and historical periods?
The idea of decline or degeneration, cyclic change, continuous progress
What term refers to incidents arising from disasters that endanger normal social order and public security, causing dysfunction in the social functioning mechanism?
Social crisis
What are some examples of social movements mentioned in the text?
Workers’ rights, civil rights, women's rights, LGBTQIA+ rights
What are some factors that can cause social change?
Natural environment, demographic processes, technological innovations, economic processes, ideas, social movements, political processes
What theory does Jeffrey Alexander develop in relation to social crisis?
A new sociological theory of social crisis
What are social hierarchies?
Social hierarchies are latent processes that describe social relationships between individuals and groups.
How do dominant group members gain advantage in social hierarchies?
Dominant group members gain advantage by engaging in competition to access resources like food and mates.
What cues do social groups use to rapidly identify social status?
Social groups use cues like physical strength and socio-cultural status cues like job titles and educational attainment.
How does social status impact individuals?
Social status has profound effects on attention, memory, social interactions, health, and wellness.
Why are teenagers particularly sensitive to social status information?
Teenagers may be particularly sensitive to social status information due to developmental research on peer groups and social exclusion.
Test your knowledge on social hierarchies, which describe social relationships among individuals and groups in the animal kingdom. Learn about the competition for resources, advantage of dominant group members, and the self-organization of social groups into hierarchies.
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