Deck 4: Max Weber

Question 1

Max Weber argued ______ is driven by custom or habit.

A) value rationality
B) traditional action
C) means-ends rationality
D) affective action

Answer 1

B

Question 2

According to Max Weber, which of the following is a characteristic of a bureaucracy? Select all, but only those that apply.

A) offices with official functions and rules
B) authority to carry out a specified (and specific) set of functions
C) hierarchy
D) qualified, properly trained personnel

Answer 2

A, B, C, D

Question 3

Max Weber argued ______ is inspired by the emotional state of the actor.

A) affective action
B) means-ends rationality
C) value rationality
D) traditional action

Answer 3

A

Question 4

A(n) _____ ideal type is the outcome of collective action by many individuals.

A) action
B) general sociological
C) historical
D) structural

Question 5

Max Weber's concept of ______ referred to a collective of people who organize themselves to acquire and exercise power.

A) party
B) status
C) the proletariat
D) class

Question 6

Max Weber's work has since been incorporated into which of the following theoretical tradition(s)? Select all, but only those that apply.

A) critical theory
B) ethnomethodology
C) rational choice theory
D) Marxism

Question 7

Which of the following did Max Weber use to define class? Select all, but only those that apply.

A) shared life chances
B) similar goods and opportunities to make money
C) a common place in the commodity or labor markets
D) power

Question 8

A(n) _____ ideal type is found in most societies and throughout history.

A) structural
B) historical
C) general sociological
D) action

Question 9

A(n) ______ ideal type explains why people do the things people do.

A) general sociological
B) historical
C) action
D) structural

Question 10

Max Weber argued _____ _authority is based on agreed upon rules and procedures.

A) rational
B) traditional
C) charismatic
D) illegitimate

Question 11

Max Weber argued ______ is used by human beings to bring about a desired outcome or goal.

A) value rationality
B) affective action
C) means-ends rationality
D) traditional action

Question 12

Max Weber's concept of ______ referred to a community of people who have a similar level of social honor or respect.

A) party
B) status
C) the proletariat
D) class

Question 13

Max Weber argued ______ is guided by ethics or beliefs as opposed to a causal thinking.

A) value rationality
B) affective action
C) means-ends rationality
D) traditional action

Question 14

A(n) _____ ideal type is developed from studying past epochs.

A) historical
B) action
C) general sociological
D) structural

Question 15

Max Weber's work has since been incorporated into which of the following theoretical tradition(s)? Select all, but only those that apply.

A) structural-functionalism
B) symbolic interactionism
C) conflict theory
D) Marxism

Question 16

Max Weber argued ______ authority is based on the exemplary character of an individual leader.

A) rational
B) traditional
C) charismatic
D) illegitimate

Question 17

Max Weber's concept of ______ referred to a community of people who share a similar lifestyle.

A) party
B) status
C) the proletariat
D) class

Question 18

Max Weber argued ______ authority is based in long-held beliefs and customs.

A) rational
B) traditional
C) charismatic
D) illegitimate

Question 19

Which of the following is an accurate description of Max Weber's ideal type? Select all, but only those that apply.

A) A conceptual construct that does not exist in actual reality, but still captures the essential features of social phenomenon.
B) A heuristic device social scientists develop to help conceptualize social phenomenon.
C) Are derived inductively from sociological observations as opposed to deductively from theoretical abstractions.
D) Are easily identified in actual reality.

Question 20

Max Weber's concept of ______ referred to a collective of individuals that share a similar economic or market situation.

A) party
B) status
C) the proletariat
D) class

Question 21

What type of rationality grows out of a value system?

A) Practical rationality
B) Theoretical rationality
C) Substantive rationality
D) Formal rationality

Question 22

What type of rationality embraces abstract and sometimes metaphysical logic in order to transcend daily realities?

A) Practical rationality
B) Theoretical rationality
C) Substantive rationality
D) Formal rationality

Question 23

What type of authority has the most potential to become revolutionary?

A) legal
B) traditional
C) charismatic
D) illegitimate

Question 24

Max Weber and Karl Marx had a similar definitions of class as both defined these groups according the economic position in the market; Weber further differentiated with the social hierarchy by adding in the dimensions of power and status.

Question 25

Which of the following type(s) of rationality exist throughout all of history? Select all, but only those that apply.

A) Practical rationality
B) Theoretical rationality
C) Substantive rationality
D) Formal rationality

Question 26

Max Weber was committed to studying historical constants, not historic causality.

Question 27

According to Ritzer's elaboration of Weber's ideas, formal rationality entailed which of the following? Select all, but only those that apply.

A) a focus on things that can be counted or quantified
B) finding the best means to an end
C) keeping things similar and even the same across time and space
D) controlling uncertainty

Question 28

What type of traditional authority is based on the inheritance of power?

A) primary patriarchalism
B) patrimonialism
C) feudalism
D) gerontocracy

Question 29

What type of authority impedes the development of rational thoughts and actions?

A) legal
B) traditional
C) charismatic
D) illegitimate

Question 30

Weber essentially used history as "data" to develop general concepts that apply across time, not to specific events or eras in the past.

Question 31

According to Max Weber, who can limit the influence and therefore the damage done by bureaucracy? Select all, but only those that apply.

A) politicians
B) scientists
C) capitalists
D) intellectuals

Question 32

What type of rationality uses a means-ends calculation to pursue self-interest?

A) Practical rationality
B) Theoretical rationality
C) Substantive rationality
D) Formal rationality

Question 33

Which of the following is a way followers can try to transfer authority from one charismatic leader of an organization to a predecessor? Select all, but only those that apply.

A) have a departing leader use his or her authority in appointment of a successor
B) develop a set of rules to locate and anoint a new charismatic leader
C) create ritualistic tests that a new leader must pass
D) allow the collective broad opportunities to select a new leader

Question 34

Both Karl Marx and Max Weber advocated for a revolution to overthrow the capitalism they were both criticized.

Question 35

The concepts of verstehen apply to macro-level units of analysis like culture.

Question 36

According to Max Weber, which of the following is a characteristic of a bureaucracy? Select all, but only those that apply.

A) offices bound by rules
B) organizational ownership of the production means
C) positions owned by the organization as opposed to the individuals who occupy them
D) formal, written documents regarding rules, actions, and decisions

Question 37

Max Weber thought status groups, but not classes were communities because those with a shared sense of social honor are likely to think and act in unison.

Question 38

What type of traditional authority is based on rule by the oldest and most experienced?

A) primary patriarchalism
B) patrimonialism
C) feudalism
D) gerontocracy

Question 39

What type of rationality rejects abstract logic in order to efficiently deal with the difficulties of everyday life?

A) Practical rationality
B) Theoretical rationality
C) Substantive rationality
D) Formal rationality

Question 40

What type of traditional authority is based on contractual relationships between leaders and subordinates?

A) primary patriarchalism
B) patrimonialism
C) feudalism
D) gerontocracy

Question 41

Explain how the protestant ethic arose, evolved into the spirit of capitalism, and has since given rise to an "iron cage" of rationality?

Question 42

Formal rationality is unique to the industrial era.

Question 43

Max Weber thought a bureaucracy is the purest type of rational-legal authority.

Question 44

Find an example of a party or a group organized to exercise power, and then assess whether this organization is seeking to secure the interest of either a social class or a status group.

Question 45

In the long run, charismatic authority itself cannot be routinized.

Question 46

Within organizations, bureaucrats with rational authority have much more power over staff than organizations founded and led by individuals with charismatic authority.

Question 47

Actual leaders tend to have a mix of legitimate authority types that are often in tension and even conflict with one another.

Question 48

Both Karl Marx and Max Weber were vocal critics of capitalism.

Question 49

Because Weber's authority types are ideal, these concepts are easier to apply to positions of power (like a judge) rather than actual people in power (like Judge Judy). To illustrate this aspect of ideal typical conceptualizations of authority, describe how an actual person in power actually has a certain amount of each type of authority rather than just one type over another.

Question 50

Max Weber thought socialists could use bureaucracy to help make the world a more rational, moral place.