The Term "Modernization

question 80

Multiple Choice

The term "modernization":

• A)is a relativistic rather than ethnocentric concept.
• B)refers to the process of cultural and socioeconomic change whereby societies acquire the characteristics of industrialized societies.
• C)refers to a global and all-encompassing process whereby modern cities development new types of subsistence.
• D)can be used to show that all societies go through the same stages of evolutionary development,culminating in the urban-industrial state.
• E)is not used by anthropologists.

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Definitions:

Turner

Could refer to various contexts, like Joseph Turner, the British landscape painter, but without additional context, a precise definition isn't possible here.

Categorization

The cognitive process of organizing information by placing it into categories based on common features or characteristics.

Group Attribution Error

The tendency to overemphasize dispositional or personality-based explanations for the behavior of individuals in a group, while underestimating the role of external factors.

Stereotyped Thinking

The practice of having oversimplified and generalized beliefs about certain groups or categories of people.