A. lower class
B. upper class
C. middle class
D. all social classes equally
Related Mcqs:
- A modern definition of class maintains that social class is constituted by____________?
A. the owners of the means of production
B. persons who have similar forms of power prestige or wealth
C. categories of people set up by governments
D. people especially endowed by nature - In industrial societies consumption ?
A. must always be limited
B. maintains and fuels demand
C. is not a factor
D. is viewed unfavorably - Industrial societies are based on____________?
A. kinship
B. primary ties
C. machines for production
D. smokestacks - Regarding capitalist industrial societies Marx asserted that______________?
A. the means of production are controlled by the masses
B. religion and philosophy are the foundations of society
C. property is unimportant in the modern state
D. they contained the seeds of their own destruction - Which economic orientations govern Western industrial societies ?
A. Tradition
B. Command
C. Free Market
D. BOTH market and command - Specialized division of labor in industrial societies can make workers feel that they_______________?
A. have lack of control
B. have no sense of accomplishment
C. are an anonymous group
D. all of the above - The nuclear family is characteristic of industrial societies because______________?
A. most functions are better performed in secondary groups
B. geographic and social mobility are common in industrial societies
C. ascribed status is more important in industrial societies
D. a large family means more hands to work - What kind of individual is valued in industrial and postindustrial societies ?
A. the nonproductive member of an underclass
B. the nonproductive elderly
C. the technically sophisticated and well-educated individual
D. the manual worker - The high divorce rate in industrial societies related to______________?
A. the importance of religion
B. the low status of women
C. emphasis on group goals
D. the stress on values of individualism and personal goals - What kind of individual is valued in industrial and postindustrial societies ?
A. a highly educated intellectual
B. manual workers
C. nonproductive citizens
D. the poor and alienated
