Question 1

Theorists informed by Marxist perspectives frame consumer culture as:

Accepted Answer

A)  The means for individuals to emancipate themselves from capitalist order 
B)  Playing a positive function for humanity 
C)  The means of blinding individuals to the reproduction of capitalist order 
D)  A means of building social solidarity 
A)  The means for individuals to emancipate themselves from capitalist order 
B)  Playing a positive function for humanity 
C)  The means of blinding individuals to the reproduction of capitalist order 
D)  A means of building social solidarity C

Question 2

Which term describes people who help to produce the goods they consume?

Accepted Answer

A)  Co-Producer 
B)  Consumer 
C)  Prosumer 
D)  Consumption producer 
A)  Co-Producer 
B)  Consumer 
C)  Prosumer 
D)  Consumption producer C

Question 3

According to Zygmunt Bauman in a consumer society poverty is viewed as:

Accepted Answer

A)  A choice 
B)  A myth 
C)  A government failing 
D)  A societal issue 
A)  A choice 
B)  A myth 
C)  A government failing 
D)  A societal issue A

Question 4

Commodity fetishism describes:

Accepted Answer

A)  How capitalism places value on human relations above all else 
B)  When people flock to buy the most popular products of the season 
C)  How capitalism places value on products and fails to appreciate the labour that produces them 
D)  How capitalism appreciates the labor that produces products to motivate workers to be more productive 
A)  How capitalism places value on human relations above all else 
B)  When people flock to buy the most popular products of the season 
C)  How capitalism places value on products and fails to appreciate the labour that produces them 
D)  How capitalism appreciates the labor that produces products to motivate workers to be more productive

Question 5

In sociology taste describes:

Accepted Answer

A)  A person's preferences and desires which are influenced by social factors 
B)  A person's preferences and desires which are influenced by their genetics 
C)  When people pretend to like things that are considered high class 
D)  Objects that have a great deal of social value 
A)  A person's preferences and desires which are influenced by social factors 
B)  A person's preferences and desires which are influenced by their genetics 
C)  When people pretend to like things that are considered high class 
D)  Objects that have a great deal of social value

Question 6

Which theorist discusses that fashion displays membership and is used to distinguish individuals from others?

Accepted Answer

A)  Zygmunt Bauman 
B)  George Ritzer 
C)  Georg Simmel 
D)  Dick Hebidge 
A)  Zygmunt Bauman 
B)  George Ritzer 
C)  Georg Simmel 
D)  Dick Hebidge

Question 7

The consumer society describes:

Accepted Answer

A)  Societies that exchange goods for currency 
B)  The increased flow of and marketing of consumer goods and the rise in availability of personal credit to buy them 
C)  Societies which are wasteful due to rapidly changing 'fast fashion' trends 
D)  The decreased ability for people to buy consumer goods 
A)  Societies that exchange goods for currency 
B)  The increased flow of and marketing of consumer goods and the rise in availability of personal credit to buy them 
C)  Societies which are wasteful due to rapidly changing 'fast fashion' trends 
D)  The decreased ability for people to buy consumer goods

Question 8

Researchers from the British Cultural Studies tradition argue that consumers:

Accepted Answer

A)  Passively consume goods 
B)  Do not alter the meanings of consumer goods 
C)  Can shape the meanings of consumer goods 
D)  Are buying less consumer goods 
A)  Passively consume goods 
B)  Do not alter the meanings of consumer goods 
C)  Can shape the meanings of consumer goods 
D)  Are buying less consumer goods

Question 9

According to Pierre Bourdieu a person's taste is influenced by:

Accepted Answer

A)  Their genetics 
B)  Their inherited and accumulated social resources 
C)  What is currently in fashion 
D)  Societal pressure 
A)  Their genetics 
B)  Their inherited and accumulated social resources 
C)  What is currently in fashion 
D)  Societal pressure

Question 10

The term material culture describes:

Accepted Answer

A)  When people like to buy new things despite not needing them 
B)  When symbolic objects mediate peoples' identities and relationships 
C)  When a society's economy relies on making clothing 
D)  When a person's identity effects the material objects they produce 
A)  When people like to buy new things despite not needing them 
B)  When symbolic objects mediate peoples' identities and relationships 
C)  When a society's economy relies on making clothing 
D)  When a person's identity effects the material objects they produce

Theorists informed by Marxist perspectives frame consumer culture as:

Which term describes people who help to produce the goods they consume?

According to Zygmunt Bauman in a consumer society poverty is viewed as:

Commodity fetishism describes:

In sociology taste describes:

Which theorist discusses that fashion displays membership and is used to distinguish individuals from others?

The consumer society describes:

Researchers from the British Cultural Studies tradition argue that consumers:

According to Pierre Bourdieu a person's taste is influenced by:

The term material culture describes:

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Exam 20: Cultures and Consumption

Theorists informed by Marxist perspectives frame consumer culture as:

Which term describes people who help to produce the goods they consume?

According to Zygmunt Bauman in a consumer society poverty is viewed as:

Commodity fetishism describes:

In sociology taste describes:

Which theorist discusses that fashion displays membership and is used to distinguish individuals from others?

The consumer society describes:

Researchers from the British Cultural Studies tradition argue that consumers:

According to Pierre Bourdieu a person's taste is influenced by:

The term material culture describes:

What Is Sociological About the Digital Society

What Is Sociological About the Environment

What Is Sociological About Crime

What Is Society

Sociology of an Interconnected World

Classical Sociologies

Contemporary Social Thory

Beyond the Qualitativequantitative Divide

Methods Visual, Internet

Class

Gender

Race

Age

Families and Households

Intimacies and Relationships

Work

Health

Education

Religion

War and Violence

Science and Technology

Migrations

Social Movements

Sociology As a Science

Public Sociology

Filters