Match the Term with the Definition

question 49

Short Answer

Match the term with the definition.
1) Gemeinschaft
2) Gesellschaft
3) geopolitics
4) unilinear theory
5) multilinear theory
6) dialectical process
7) invention
8) discovery
9) diffusion
10) alienation
11) distance learning
12) acid rain
13) global warming
14) environmental sociology
15) ecosabotage
-A) theories that assume all societies follow the same path of development from the simple to the more complex
B) Marx's term for workers' lack of connection to the product of their labor
C) actions taken to sabotage the efforts of people who are thought to be legally harming the environment
D) modern, large, more urbanized societies that are fast changing
E) a new way of seeing reality
F) rain containing sulfuric and nitric acids (burning fossil fuels release sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide that become sulfuric and nitric acids when they react with moisture in the air)
G) a specialty within sociology whose focus is how humans affect the environment and how the environment affects humans
H) traditional societies that are small, rural, and slow changing
I) the belief that each thesis contains its own contradiction or antithesis that must be resolved forming a synthesis
J) theories that society can follow different routes to achieve the same stage of development
K) the spread of an invention or discovery from one area to another
L) an increase in the earth's temperature due to the greenhouse effect
M) the realignment of the world's powers since World War II
N) courses taught to students who are not physically present with their instructor
O) the combination of existing elements and materials to form new ones

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Definitions:

Principle of Closure

A psychological tendency to perceive a complete image even when the sensory information is incomplete, based on our experience and expectations.

Positioning Strategy

The process of establishing and maintaining a distinct image of a product or service in the customer's mind.

Functional Attributes

Characteristics of a product or service that serve a practical purpose or provide utility to the consumer.

Symbolic Attributes

Qualities or features of an object or entity that represent or stand for something else, carrying additional meaning beyond their inherent traits.