Social change through __________ often is an incremental process that may involve introducing new products as replacements for products that are already widely accepted
a. discovery
b. revolution
c. population change
d. technology
Answer: D
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In Kahana's model, an example of a preventive adaptation would be
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a. CNC b. MSG c. NC d. MIS e. both CNC and NC
Theodore Caplow interviewed people about their Christmas gift-giving practices and found several common rules that were extremely consistently followed. What did he propose caused people to follow them?
A) There would be harsh punishment for breaking the rules. B) The rules were clearly written down in a family guidebook. C) Gift exchange is a common language understood by all the participants. D) There would be no benefit to breaking the rules.