Max Weber_______________?

Related Mcqs:

1. Which of the following did Max Weber see as a potentially serious problem with the advance of modern bureaucracies ?

   A. bureaucratic organization could become prohibitively expensive to run
   B. social organization could become too efficient
   C. democracy could become a sham if bureaucrats held real power
   D. bureaucratic officials may be able to abuse their power

2. Max Weber,s pioneering work The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism is an example of_______________?

   A. macro-level analysis
   B. macro-level analysis
   C. resurgent fundamentalism
   D. the interactionist approach to religion

3. According to Max Weber the ideal type refers to______________?

   A. the best possible outcome available
   B. a perspective emphasizing the primacy of ideas
   C. a model based on certain features of a phenomenon
   D. the social agenda of political idealists

4. Max Weber_____________?

   A. recognized that it is impossible for scholars to prevent their personal values from influencing their work
   B. stressed that researchers had to maintain the confidentiality of their subjects
   C. emphasized that under no conditions could a researcher allow his or her personal feelings to influence the interpretation of data
   D. all of the above

5. What did Max Weber understand by the spirit of capitalism ?

   A. the exploitation of the working class
   B. the desire for more material wealth
   C. the continual reinvestment of profits back into businesses
   D. the belief in free markets

6. Max Weber,s pioneering work The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism is an example of______________?

   A. Macro-level analysis
   B. micro-level analysis
   C. resurgent fundamentalism
   D. the interactionist approach to religion

7. Which one of the following concepts did Max Weber introduce to the field of sociology ?

   A. dramaturgy
   B. ideal types
   C. functionalism
   D. macro sociology

8. Max Weber,s work made use of ideal types What are they ?

   A. the most commonly found type of social organization
   B. conceptual or analytical models of social phenomena
   C. philosophical models of an ideal human society
   D. models of society based on up to date statistical evidence

9. Theoretical approaches can only be said to be, valid. if______________?

   A. the theorist has researched the literatures thoroughly
   B. they have been tested out by means of factual research
   C. they are written in such a way as to be impossible to disprove
   D. they are shared by a large enough number of theorists

10. One strength of ethnography is that______________?

    A. the influence of specific variables can be controlled by the investigator
    B. it usually generates richer and more in-depth information than other methods
    C. it is essential when a study is primarily historical or has a historical dimension
    D. it can only be used to study relatively small groups or communities