Thinker
Thorstein Veblen
Thorstein Veblen is central to 4 previous-year questions, spanning 2013 to 2024 across Paper I. Everything below is drawn from the official papers — the questions themselves, the concepts they test, and where they sit in the syllabus.
4Questions
2013–24Years tested
IPaper
2Syllabus topics
Concepts asked alongside Thorstein Veblen
What the examiner actually wants you to know when this name appears.
cultural lag 3digital divide 3technological determinism 3social change 2anticipatory socialisationmodernisationnormative and comparative functionsreference grouprelative deprivationrisk societytrickle-down effect
Where Thorstein Veblen appears in the syllabus
Every question on Thorstein Veblen
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