Quiz 15 | Higher Education | Oxford University Press Canada

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Question 1:

In modern societies, social status is typically measured by a person's
a) age.
b) income.
c) verbal fluency.
d) occupation.

Question 2:

Traditional working class identity was based around
a) shared working conditions in the manufacturing industry.
b) the class consciousness of members of the proletariat.
c) local communities, extended kinship networks, and shared leisure pursuits.
d) collective aspirations to move to middle class.

Question 3:

No theorist stressed the significance of class for society and for social change more than whom?
a) Max Weber
b) Karl Marx
c) Edward Grabb
d) Eric Olin Wright

Question 4:

Weber defined a 'class situation' as
a) the exploitation of the working class by their capitalist employers.
b) a social group's consciousness of their status and life chances.
c) a person's position in the capital, product, and labour markets, based on their economic resources.
d) the lifestyle of a social class, as defined by patterns of consumption.

Question 5:

Which sociological perspective argues that society must distribute members among a variety of social positions?
a) functionalist
b) conflict
c) stratification
d) interactionist

Question 6:

Which sociological perspective emphasizes that multinational corporations exploit local workers to maximize profits?
a) interactionist
b) feminist
c) stratification
d) conflict

Question 7:

The Ontario government program 'workforce,' which helps welfare recipients return to work, has been criticized for what reason?
a) not actually helping people find employment
b) pushing people into low paying jobs
c) not providing adequate job search/interview skills to those in the program
d) costing tax payers too much money

Question 8:

The debate over Marx's theory of social class centres around
a) the accuracy of his two-class conceptualization of society.
b) the inclusion of a so-called middle class.
c) whether proletariats are truly exploited, based on Wright's (1997) criteria.
d) whether industrialization really is the main cause for the stratification seen in society.

Question 9:

Marx had three main themes central to his conceptualization of social class. Which of the following best summarizes these?
a) production processes; control; exploitation
b) class as a social relation; exploitation; status situation
c) inverse interdependence; exclusion; appropriation principles
d) class as a social relation; control; exploitation

Question 10:

The underlying assumption of the stratification approach that differentiates it from Marx and Weber's approach is
a) an under-emphasis on the idea that society operates on the basis of consensus.
b) an over-emphasis on issues of power and exploitation.
c) an under-emphasis on issues of power and exploitation.
d) an over-emphasis on conflict in society.

Question 11:

What is the major contribution of the feminist approach to the analysis of social class?
a) challenges original thoughts on how various social classes developed
b) allows unwaged persons to be included in the class structure
c) reorganizes the class system to include race, gender, and ethnicity
d) allows men and women to be equally included

Question 12:

According to the author, the middle class is distinguishable from the working class by
a) ownership of the means of production.
b) significant political power.
c) credentials.
d) material wealth.

Question 13:

The feminist approach has criticized traditional class analysis for focusing too much on
a) relations of production.
b) means of production.
c) the mode of production.
d) relations of distribution.

Question 14:

According to Clement and Myles, the 'new middle class' are those who
a) own large corporations.
b) b) control the labour power of others.
c) own the means of production.
d) are very well educated.

Question 15:

Educational attainment is very closely correlated with
a) social capital.
b) cultural capital.
c) parental SES.
d) all of the above.

Higher Education

Sociology: A Canadian Perspective, Second Edition - Chapter 15