Year 12 Society and Culture Class Quiz 1

Identify all 11 Continuity and Change related Concepts:

• Continuity, Change, Modernisation, Westernisation, Beliefs, Values, Tradition, Conflict, Cooperation, Empowerment, Sustainability

• Continuity, Change, Cause and Effect, Time, Place, Space, Culture, Environment, Sustainability, Scale, Innovation, Sustainability, Empowerment

• Continuity, Change, Cause and Effect, Time, Place, Space, Culture, Environment, Sustainability, Scale, Diversity, Values, Empowerment

• Continuity, Change, Cause and Effect, Time, Place, Space, Culture, Environment, Sustainability, Scale, Transformation, Empowerment, Sustainability

The body of cultural practices and beliefs that are passed down from generation to generation, often by word of mouth and behavioural modelling, that are integral to the socialisation process and that represent stability and continuity of the society or culture.

• Tradition

• Innovation

• Modernisation

• Revolution

A social process that gives power or authority to people at a micro level, to groups at a meso level, and to institutions at a macro level, allowing them to think, behave, take action, control and make decisions.

• Empowerment

• Delegation

• Centralisation

• Decentralisation

A process of dynamic social change resulting from the diffusion and adoption of the characteristics of apparently more advanced societies by other societies that are apparently less advanced. It involves social transformation whereby the society becomes technologically advanced and updates cultural life.

• Modernisation

• Globalization

• Industrialization

• Westernization

The alteration or modification of cultural elements in a society. It can be brought about by modernisation processes, including technological innovation. This force results in an alteration to culture.

• Change

• Stagnation

• Regression

• Preservation

Identify the concept. A perceived incompatibility of goals or actions.

• Conflict

• Harmony

• Agreement

• Cooperation

The anti-globalisation movement is an example of:

• structural change.

• an agent of change.

• resistance to change.

• transformative change.

At which step in the research process would a social researcher make recommendations and address the implications of their findings?

• Synthesising findings

• Writing the conclusion

• Designing the research

• Applying research methods

Which of the following is an example of how sustainability has negatively affected culture?

• Harvesting sea grasses for basket production has revitalised traditional skills in weaving.

• The mining of precious metals in remote areas has been expanded and disturbed multiple sacred sites.

• A desalination plant built on community parklands resulted in the relocation of an annual music concert.

• New laws imposed by an environmental protection authority restricted livestock production in sensitive water catchments.

Which of the following identifies an ethical practice when using focus groups to research social media use by adolescents?

• Gaining consent to log in to participants’ accounts to track their activity.

• Covertly recording participant responses to accurately attribute comments about screen time.

• Planning questions for the participants that support the researcher’s assumptions about current trends.

• Ensuring participants are aware they are required to share personal information to assist in the collection of authentic data.