The embourgeoisement thesis suggests that_____________?

Related Mcqs:

1. The functionalist theory of inequality suggests that_____________?

   A. high rewards and incentives ensure that the most skilled individuals will take the most important social positions
   B. inequality is inevitable, and we are born into poverty or wealth
   C. there are no social functions of inequality, so it should be eradicated
   D. the idea of a meritocracy is a dangerous ideology

2. Critics of the culture of poverty thesis point out that________________?

   A. the poor simply do not want the same things that other members of society want
   B. the poor have had their access to achievement blocked by the social order
   C. the theory is too cultural and fails to take into account psychological implications
   D. not enough research has been done to come to any meaningful conclusion

3. Bowlby’s maternal deprivation thesis claimed that_______________?

   A. mothers who are living in poverty cannot afford to give their children the resources that other children enjoy
   B. children deprived of an early secure attachment to their mother are prone to suffer physically intellectually and socially in later life
   C. mothering is a socially constructed activity identified in the narratives of new mothers
   D. deprivation is something children inherit usually through their mothers’ side

4. Which one of the following is not part of Bowles and Ginits,s (1976) Marxist thesis on schooling under capitalism ?

   A. head teachers often encourage working class children to be ambitious
   B. the structures of school life correspond to the structures of working life
   C. education is a great divider not a leveler
   D. schools provide the right kind of future workers for capitalist employers

5. The thesis of glocalization is associated with which theorist ?

   A. Ulrich Beck
   B. Kenichi Ohmae
   C. Roland Robertson
   D. Judith Butler

6. Those who cannot compete have on right for higher learning and must be refused accordingly who believed in the above thesis ?

   A. Auguste Comte
   B. Spencer
   C. Karl Max
   D. None of these

7. In reviewing capitalism worldwide following the downfall of communism in the Soviet Union some observers suggest that_____________?

   A. capitalist nations fully agree on the merits of capitalism practiced by all developed nations
   B. Russia Eastern Europe Latin America and Asia have fully accepted and are practicing the style of capitalism practiced in the United States
   C. in dynamic Asian nations (e.g. Japan Singapore Hong Kong South Korea and Taiwan) government intervention in economic life has resulted in a “government-business symbiosis ” different from that in Europe and the United States
   D. the performance of the Asian economy and financial institutions in late 1997 and early 1998 strongly supports the “government-business /state capitalism/communal capitalism economic arrangement

8. According to Mead the socialized self means that_____________?

   A. we are constantly learning
   B. we are capable of achieving at a maximum capacity
   C. we are shaped by the primary agents of socialization in our life
   D. we think before we act
   E. we have learned enough to function independently

9. Research on the family life course indicates that_____________?

   A. women with a first child are more likely than women without a child to report that their husbands do not pay enough attention to them
   B. the marital adjustment rating rises after the birth of a first child
   C. most couples consider parenthood a crisis
   D. the psychological well-being of parents is a little better than that of childless couples

10. An open society is one that_____________?

    A. grants every member equal status
    B. does not have any official secrets in its government
    C. has permissive attitudes towards sexual behavior
    D. allows people to move between levels of the hierarchy