Sociology 250 Multiple Choice Answers
Questions and Verified Answers
Actions guided by norms, values, traditions and morals are Correct Answer: non-rationalist
Stopping at a red light is an example of Correct Answer: individualist, non-rationalist
A society's system for dividing up its labor is part of its Correct Answer: social relations of production
A factory in industrial era England would be considered part of that society's Correct Answer: means of
production
Wage labor's effects on the worker are the main focus of what work? Correct Answer: Alienated Labor
The idea that a society's economic system determines its ideologies, beliefs, and culture can be described
this way Correct Answer: Base determines superstructure
The two major classes in the capitalism are Correct Answer: the bourgeoisie and the proletariat
The discussion about the ideas of the ruling class being in every epoch the ruling ideas comes from
which of the works we read? Correct Answer: The German Ideology
What are some enlightenment ideals? Correct Answer: Human rationality, Progress, Scientific
positivism, Human perfectibility
Adorno & Horkheimer differ from Marx when they Correct Answer: no longer cast the proletariat as
humanity's savior.
Adorno & Horkheimer argued the culture industry is destructive because Correct Answer: it pacifies
consumers, it offers pre-packaged, mass-produced, false ideas.
According to World-Systems Theory, this area controls a vast majority of the world's wealth while
producing a highly skilled workforce that is controlled through wage payment Correct Answer: core
Two important differences between Marx's analysis and Wallerstein's is that Correct Answer:
Wallerstein does not envision a utopian final stage and goes beyond class to race.
Weber used ________ as "pure" categories that serve as a methodological comparison to real-life cases
Correct Answer: ideal types
, Weber defines _______ as an ongoing process in which social interaction and institutions become
increasingly governed by methodical procedures, calculable rules, and impersonal practices Correct
Answer: rationalization
In The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, Weber quotes __________ in order to understand
____________ Correct Answer: Benjamin Franklin; the spirit of capitalism
Weber used the term "iron cage" to describe Correct Answer: the dominance of capitalistic and
bureaucratic structures and disenchantment of modern western society
What concept does Weber define as "the chance of a man or of a number of men to realize their own
will in a social action even against the resistance of others..."? Correct Answer: power
______ is the type of domination based on the rule of law and obedience owed to the office Correct
Answer: rational-legal authority
Doing something because it's the "right thing" to do is Correct Answer: value-rational action
Ritzer was inspired by this author's theories on rationalization and bureaucracy Correct Answer: Weber
McDonaldization values measurable, countable results, aka Correct Answer: calculability
The "irrationality of rationality," a consequence of McDonaldization, was previously a concern of Correct
Answer: Adorno & Horkheimer
Ikea's building layout, which forces customers to traverse the entire store once they enter, is an example
of Correct Answer: Control
"Conditions and circumstances external to the individual that, nevertheless, determine one's course of
action" are Correct Answer: Social Facts
This type of solidarity is more typical of small, traditional communities Correct Answer: Mechanical
This form of suicide is the result of weakened ties between the individual and group Correct Answer:
Egoistic
Highly routinized acts that unify group members regardless of their beliefs are Correct Answer: Rituals
This type of solidarity is characterized by increased specialization and interdependence Correct Answer:
Organic
Questions and Verified Answers
Actions guided by norms, values, traditions and morals are Correct Answer: non-rationalist
Stopping at a red light is an example of Correct Answer: individualist, non-rationalist
A society's system for dividing up its labor is part of its Correct Answer: social relations of production
A factory in industrial era England would be considered part of that society's Correct Answer: means of
production
Wage labor's effects on the worker are the main focus of what work? Correct Answer: Alienated Labor
The idea that a society's economic system determines its ideologies, beliefs, and culture can be described
this way Correct Answer: Base determines superstructure
The two major classes in the capitalism are Correct Answer: the bourgeoisie and the proletariat
The discussion about the ideas of the ruling class being in every epoch the ruling ideas comes from
which of the works we read? Correct Answer: The German Ideology
What are some enlightenment ideals? Correct Answer: Human rationality, Progress, Scientific
positivism, Human perfectibility
Adorno & Horkheimer differ from Marx when they Correct Answer: no longer cast the proletariat as
humanity's savior.
Adorno & Horkheimer argued the culture industry is destructive because Correct Answer: it pacifies
consumers, it offers pre-packaged, mass-produced, false ideas.
According to World-Systems Theory, this area controls a vast majority of the world's wealth while
producing a highly skilled workforce that is controlled through wage payment Correct Answer: core
Two important differences between Marx's analysis and Wallerstein's is that Correct Answer:
Wallerstein does not envision a utopian final stage and goes beyond class to race.
Weber used ________ as "pure" categories that serve as a methodological comparison to real-life cases
Correct Answer: ideal types
, Weber defines _______ as an ongoing process in which social interaction and institutions become
increasingly governed by methodical procedures, calculable rules, and impersonal practices Correct
Answer: rationalization
In The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, Weber quotes __________ in order to understand
____________ Correct Answer: Benjamin Franklin; the spirit of capitalism
Weber used the term "iron cage" to describe Correct Answer: the dominance of capitalistic and
bureaucratic structures and disenchantment of modern western society
What concept does Weber define as "the chance of a man or of a number of men to realize their own
will in a social action even against the resistance of others..."? Correct Answer: power
______ is the type of domination based on the rule of law and obedience owed to the office Correct
Answer: rational-legal authority
Doing something because it's the "right thing" to do is Correct Answer: value-rational action
Ritzer was inspired by this author's theories on rationalization and bureaucracy Correct Answer: Weber
McDonaldization values measurable, countable results, aka Correct Answer: calculability
The "irrationality of rationality," a consequence of McDonaldization, was previously a concern of Correct
Answer: Adorno & Horkheimer
Ikea's building layout, which forces customers to traverse the entire store once they enter, is an example
of Correct Answer: Control
"Conditions and circumstances external to the individual that, nevertheless, determine one's course of
action" are Correct Answer: Social Facts
This type of solidarity is more typical of small, traditional communities Correct Answer: Mechanical
This form of suicide is the result of weakened ties between the individual and group Correct Answer:
Egoistic
Highly routinized acts that unify group members regardless of their beliefs are Correct Answer: Rituals
This type of solidarity is characterized by increased specialization and interdependence Correct Answer:
Organic
