Chapter 12 Quizzes

Work
. What happened with the shift to Industrial society?

. Which of the following refers to a society that uses technology and a division of labour to promote mass production and a higher standard of living?

. Which of the following theories suggests that as societies industrialize their social patterns become more similar?

. Which of the following inventors was the first woman to be hired by General Electric?

. Emile Durkheim argued that too much specialization would lead to which of the following?

. Which of the following types of solidarity is based on common feelings, values and beliefs?

. Which of the following types of solidarity results from a division of labour that fosters mutual dependence of society's members?

. Which of the following refers to the creation of a subordinate wage-working class among people with professional qualifications?

. Which of the following scholars coined the term McDonaldization?

. Which of the following is a component of the McDonaldization process?

. According to Marx's definition, which of the following refers to a group of people who share the same relationship to the means of production?

. Deprofessionalization is when:

. Which of the following terms refers to organizations or associations that give people non-economic power?

. Karl Marx's work on class focuses on ________ whereas Max Weber focused on ________. Which of the following best completes this statement?

. Compared to men, women produce ________ more unpaid household labour. Which of the following best completes this statement?

. According to survey research, which of the following best reflects the percentage of transgender people who have experienced workplace discrimination or harassment?

. Which of the following statement is a conflict theorist most likely to agree with?

. Contemporary workplaces based on a strict division of labour and assembly-line principles are a form of:

. The Boston Consulting Group predicts that many Canadians will be using shared autonomous cars by:

. Which of the following is a prediction about the future of work that H.G. Wells made in 1901?

. Which of the following represents the annual cost to the US economy per year resulting from workers' confusion about new technologies?

. Which of the following generally refers to a decrease in state intervention?

. Which of the following is the fastest growing type of work in high-income countries?

. Which of the following describes the trend in labour union participation over the past thirty years?

. Organic solidarity refers to social cohesion based on a division of labour.

. The data on the costs of workplace injury likely underestimate the true extent of the problem.

. Class, party and status groups are synonymous terms.

. Mass consumption is a by-product of a lowered standard of living.

. Functionalist theorists assume that people generally agree on the value of an occupation.

. Human capital theorists argue that money invested in the well-being of people is a detriment to the economy.

. Canadian underemployment is a result of too much education.

. Precarious work is both uncontrollable and unpredictable.

. Some social classes have power but do not own the means of production or sell their labour to capitalists.

. The declining power of labour unions is an important consequence of neo-liberalism and globalization.

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