A. positions in the social system
B. ranked occupational positions
C. spending and consumption patterns
D. prestige derived from ancestry
Related Mcqs:
- Max Weber,s notion of life chances closely resembles the concept of________________?
A. social status
B. personal power
C. social power
D. occupational prestige - Recent research supports the notion that mother-infant bonding_______________?
A. has a cultural basis
B. has a biological basis
C. depends on how wanted the infant is
D. none of the above - Modern societies are grappling with the notion of_________________?
A. eliminating marriage altogether
B. allowing same-sex couples to marry
C. lowering the age at marriage
D. none of the above - Weber,s abstract model of bureaucracy entails______________?
A. task specialization governed by explicit rule
B. a pyramid of authority based on inherited privilege
C. leadership by a self-appointed
D. None of the above - Max Weber believed that_______________?
A. property was the only determinant of class
B. class was based on exploitation of the masses
C. class is closely related to life chances
D. societies should have at least three classes - Max Weber intended his “ideal type” of bureaucracy as an_______________?
A. accurate description of existing bureaucracies
B. idealized or exaggerated model of rational administration
C. explanation of elite domination
D. obviously false portrait of democratic administration - Power is defined by Max Weber as the ability to__________________?
A. be the strongest in mind and body
B. carry out one,s wishes in spite of resistance
C. gain consent
D. do as one pleases - Weber,s “Protestant Ethic”is_______________?
A. a rejection of the ideological function of religion
B. a refutation of economic determinism
C. a vindication of the morality of capitalism
D. an explanation of Third-World underdevelopment - The Protestant denomination emphasized in Max Weber,s Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism was_______________?
A. Baptism
B. Anglicanism
C. Calvinism
D. Lutheranism - The Industrial Revolution shifted the emphasis in ownership from land to______________?
A. gold and silver
B. the means of production machines tools materials
C. serfs
D. precious spices
