Deck 18: Social Theory in the Twenty-First Century

Question 1

According to queer theorists, _____ is a persistent sadness that emerges when heterosexual culture denies its own homosexuality.

A) the heterosexual matrix
B) compulsory heterosexuality
C) the epistemology of the closet
D) homosexual panic
E) homosexual melancholy

Answer 1

E

Question 2

According to queer theorists, _____ creates a social system in which the only viable, intelligible, and respectable form of sexuality is heterosexuality.

A) the heterosexual matrix
B) compulsory heterosexuality
C) the epistemology of the closet
D) homosexual panic
E) homosexual melancholy

Answer 2

B

Question 3

According to queer theorists, _____ occurs because the closet of queer desire creates fearful and violent reactions in heterosexual society.

A) the heterosexual matrix
B) compulsory heterosexuality
C) the epistemology of the closet
D) homosexual panic
E) homosexual melancholy

Answer 3

D

Question 4

According to queer theorists, _____ is the framework that makes it appear as if heterosexuality is the natural form of sexuality.

A) the heterosexual matrix
B) compulsory heterosexuality
C) the epistemology of the closet
D) homosexual panic
E) homosexual melancholy

Question 5

Which is a hallmark emerging from Stein and Plummer's attempt to identify the characteristics of queer theory? Select all, but only those that apply.

A) It conceives of sexual power as embedded almost everywhere and anywhere in social life.
B) To the extent that queer theory recognizes social selves; it sees identity as ways doings rather than ways of being.
C) It rejects the identity politics of the 60s social movements, claiming the acceptance a marginalized identity can only reinforce the marginalization of that social self.
D) It sees sexuality as embedded almost everywhere and anywhere in social life.

Question 6

Which is a meaning of queer? Select all, but only those that apply.

A) A derogatory term applied to people because of their non-heterosexual desires
B) An umbrella term used by a variety of people to instill pride in their having non-heterosexual desires
C) An anti or non identity
D) A stance of methodology

Question 7

Which of the following concerns itself with the study of sexuality and sexual identity?

A) Queer Theory
B) Actor-Network Theory
C) Affect Theory
D) Prosumption Theory

Question 8

Which of the following is a critique levied at queer theory? Select all, but only those that apply.

A) Its rejection of identity makes it overly idealistic in terms of an amorphous political inclusion.
B) It overlooks the material experiences of most people's daily lives.
C) It does not offer avenues to fight injustice.
D) The more academic the theory becomes the further removed it gets from having a revolutionary potential.

Question 9

Which is a hallmark emerging from Stein and Plummer's attempt to identify the characteristics of queer theory?

A) It conceives of sexual power existing outside social life.
B) It sees identity as ways of being rather than ways of doing.
C) It rejects the identity politics of the 60s social movements, claiming the acceptance a marginalized identity can only reinforce the marginalization of that social self.
D) It sees sexuality as largely limited to the social institutions of family and politics.

Question 10

Which of the following focuses on economic activity in which people produce and consume at the same time?

A) Queer Theory
B) Actor-Network Theory
C) Affect Theory
D) Prosumption Theory

Question 11

Which of the following which concerns itself with the study of technology and science?

A) Queer Theory
B) Actor-Network Theory
C) Affect Theory
D) Prosumption Theory

Question 12

Which is a hallmark emerging from Stein and Plummer's attempt to identify the characteristics of queer theory?

A) It conceives of sexual power existing outside social life.
B) it sees identity as ways of being rather than ways of doing.
C) It embraces the identity politics of the 60s social movements.
D) It sees sexuality as embedded almost everywhere and anywhere in social life.

Question 13

Why does Judith Butler think that "bodies matter?" Select all, but only those that apply.

A) Bodies matter because they are gendered.
B) Bodies matter because identities become embodied.
C) Bodies matter because they are infused with sexual desire.
D) Bodies matter because they are subject to political violence.

Question 14

Which of the following address questions of influence of technology and science on identity? Select all, but only those that apply.

A) Queer Theory
B) Posthumanism
C) Postsociality
D) Affect Theory

Question 15

Which is a hallmark emerging from Stein and Plummer's attempt to identify the characteristics of queer theory?

A) It conceives of sexual power existing outside social life.
B) To the extent that queer theory recognizes social selves; it sees identity as ways doings rather than ways of being.
C) It embraces the identity politics of the 60s social movements.
D) It sees sexuality as largely limited to the social institutions of family and politics.

Question 16

Which of the following address questions of identity? Select all, but only those that apply.

A) Queer Theory
B) Posthumanism
C) Postsociality
D) Affect Theory

Question 17

Which is a hallmark emerging from Stein and Plummer's attempt to identify the characteristics of queer theory?

A) It conceives of sexual power as embedded almost everywhere and anywhere in social life.
B) it sees identity as ways of being rather than ways of doing.
C) It embraces the identity politics of the 60s social movements.
D) It sees sexuality as largely limited to the social institutions of family and politics.

Question 18

Which of the following is a critique levied at queer theory?

A) Its rejection of identity makes it overly idealistic in terms of an amorphous political inclusion.
B) A focus on everyday lived experiences cannot account for the organization of social reality more generally.
C) The focus on identity makes queer theory overly political.
D) The theory's revolutionary potential limits its academic influence.

Question 19

According to queer theorists, _____ refers to how the dependency between heterosexuality and homosexuality is hidden from view.

A) the heterosexual matrix
B) compulsory heterosexuality
C) the epistemology of the closet
D) homosexual panic
E) homosexual melancholy

Question 20

Which of the following draws on postmodernist and poststructuralist ideas to describe how social orders and identities are produced through emotive processes?

A) Queer Theory
B) Actor-Network Theory
C) Affect Theory
D) Prosumption Theory

Question 21

Which actor-network theory concept shifts focus from human agents to networks amongst nonhuman objects?

A) Decentering
B) Technoscience
C) Semiotics of Materiality
D) Antiessentialism
E) Antifoundational

Question 22

Which of the following is a critique levied at queer theory?

A) Its over-focus on identity overlooks a broader politics of inclusion.
B) It overlooks the material experiences of most people's daily lives.
C) The focus on identity makes queer theory overly political.
D) The theory's revolutionary potential limits its academic influence.

Question 23

Which actor-network theory concept extends relationships that were once thought specific to language to material objects more generally?

A) Decentering
B) Technoscience
C) Semiotics of Materiality
D) Antiessentialism
E) Antifoundational

Question 24

Which of the following imposes a politically marginalized self-concept onto homosexuals?

A) Radical Constructionism
B) Radical Deconstructionism
C) Radical Inversion
D) Radical Subversion

Question 25

To make queer theory more sensitive to lived experiences and politically astute, Marx Kirsch argues we need cease identifying ____ certain selves.

A) against
B) alongside
C) as
D) with

Question 26

Which actor-network theory concept calls for an extension of sociology to include new forms of relationships emerging with the expansion of objects in the contemporary world?

A) Posthumanism
B) Technoscience
C) Postsociality
D) Performativity

Question 27

Which actor-network theory concept links or hooks together collectives via assemblages that were once inconceivable?

A) Decentering
B) Technoscience
C) Semiotics of Materiality
D) Antiessentialism
E) Antifoundational

Question 28

Which actor-network theory concept challenges a definition of society and social fact as an entity that imposes order on humans?

A) Collective
B) Technoscience
C) Semiotics of Materiality
D) Antiessentialism
E) Antifoundational

Question 29

Which of the following infuses evolutionary theory into social theory?

A) Posthumanism
B) Technoscience
C) Postsociality
D) Sociobiology

Question 30

Which concept refers to primary, raw and often unconscious emotion?

A) Posthumanism
B) Affect
C) Postsociality
D) Performativity

Question 31

Which actor-network theory concept argues that objects have no inherent qualities and instead are defined only in relation to one another?

A) Decentering
B) Technoscience
C) Semiotics of Materiality
D) Antiessentialism
E) Antifoundational

Question 32

Which of the following is a critique levied at queer theory?

A) Its over-focus on identity overlooks a broader politics of inclusion.
B) A focus on everyday lived experiences cannot account for the organization of social reality more generally.
C) It does not offer avenues to fight injustice.
D) The theory's revolutionary potential limits its academic influence.

Question 33

Which actor-network theory concept calls for an extension of sociology beyond human actors to a wide range of other phenomena?

A) Posthumanism
B) Technoscience
C) Postsociality
D) Performativity

Question 34

Which actor-network theory concept reveals how nonhuman objects have agency?

A) Actant
B) Technoscience
C) Semiotics of Materiality
D) Antiessentialism
E) Antifoundational

Question 35

Which actor-network theory concept reveals that entities do not exist in any essentialist sense but rather are achieved through relations or networks?

A) Actant
B) Technoscience
C) Semiotics of Materiality
D) Performativity
E) Antifoundational

Question 36

Which of the following is a critique levied at queer theory?

A) Its over-focus on identity overlooks a broader politics of inclusion.
B) A focus on everyday lived experiences cannot account for the organization of social reality more generally.
C) It does not offer avenues to fight injustice.
D) The more academic the theory becomes the further removed it gets from having a revolutionary potential.

Question 37

Which of the following imposes a postmodern self-concept onto homosexuals?

A) Radical Constructionism
B) Radical Deconstructionism
C) Radical Inversion
D) Radical Subversion

Question 38

Which of the following is an impact of queer theory? Select all, but only those that apply.

A) It demonstrates that sexuality is, and has been a central feature of social life.
B) Provides insight into how sexuality is constructed and/or performed.
C) Affirms that we are not locked into bodily roles.
D) Highlights how any serious social theory must incorporate sex, gender, and sexuality.

Question 39

To make queer theory more sensitive to lived experiences and politically astute, Marx Kirsch argues we need to identify ____ certain selves.

A) against
B) alongside
C) as
D) with

Question 40

Which of the following is a basic concept of affect theory? Select all, but only those that apply.

A) Decentered subjects exist in a field or environment comprised of forces and energies.
B) Decentered bodies autonomously position themselves in the environment.
C) Bodies actualize only a few of the forces and energies that bombard it.
D) The strongest affective genes are passed along to the next generation.

Question 41

Which of the following describes how affect diffuses through both crowds and individual bodies?

A) Social Contagion
B) Infolding
C) Passional
D) Collective Effervescence

Question 42

Queer theory drafts on postmodern and poststructuralist approaches sex in arguing sexuality are not set-in-stone identities, but rather fluid and changing performances.

Question 43

Which of the following describes the ways that bodies, ideas, and technologies are hooked up over geographical, cultural, and psychical regions?

A) Territorialization
B) Chemical Entrainment
C) Projective Identification
D) Relational Ethic

Question 44

George Ritzer argues we are currently in a _______ age of capitalism.

A) producer
B) consumer
C) prosumer
D) postmodern

Question 45

Which of the following describes the efforts to combat the linking of bodies, ideas, and technologies over geographical, cultural, and psychical regions?

A) Machinic assemblage
B) Chemical Entrainment
C) Deterritorialization
D) Relational Ethic

Question 46

How are consumers exploited in consumer capitalism? Select all, but only those that apply.

A) Alienation through the mode of production
B) The means of production and the nature of work.
C) Being forced to pay more for products than their actual worth.
D) Hyperconsumption of things that have no actual use or need.

Question 47

Which of the following describes the relationships between affect and capitalism-including how bodies are organized differently throughout history?

A) Machinic assemblage
B) Biomedia
C) Deterritorialization
D) Relational Ethic

Question 48

Which of the following occurs when affect is produced during cross-cultural encounters?

A) Machinic assemblage
B) Chemical Entrainment
C) Projective Identification
D) Relational Ethic

Question 49

Which of the following describes how the body nonconsciously moves through the environment via a multitude of forces and energies?

A) Posthumanism
B) Infolding
C) Passional
D) Sociobiology

Question 50

Queer theory uses gender and sexuality to offer a distinct theory about the entirety of society.

Question 51

According to George Ritzer, which of the following best describes prosumer capitalism?

A) Singly Exploitative
B) Double Exploitative
C) Triply Exploitative
D) Synergistically Doubly Exploitative

Question 52

Which of the following describes how affect is spread through biophysical ways, such as hormones and nerves?

A) Social Contagion
B) Chemical Entrainment
C) Projective Identification
D) Collective Effervescence

Question 53

Which of the following describes a shared, yet prosocial form of affective energy?

A) Social Contagion
B) Infolding
C) Passional
D) Collective Effervescence

Question 54

Which of the following describes how individuals infuse their own affect onto other individuals?

A) Social Contagion
B) Chemical Entrainment
C) Projective Identification
D) Collective Effervescence

Question 55

Which of the following is a state of the affective being inaccessible to the consciousness?

A) Posthumanism
B) Infolding
C) Passional
D) Sociobiology

Question 56

Which of the following is a concern of presumption theory? Select all, but only those that apply.

A) Consumption
B) Production
C) Reduction
D) Induction

Question 57

Which of the following describes the ways that bodies, ideas, and technologies are hooked up in relationship to one another?

A) Machinic assemblage
B) Chemical Entrainment
C) Projective Identification
D) Relational Ethic

Question 58

Similar to many feminist theories, queer theory argues that gender, sex, and sexuality are social constructions.

Question 59

How do prosumer capitalists exploit people? Select all, but only those that apply.

A) By promoting unpaid rather than paid labor
B) By offering products at no cost
C) By providing a new abundance of once limited goods
D) By extracting surplus value from the production process

Question 60

Affect theorists have produced politically charged analyses in the spirit of which types of theory? Select all, but only those that apply.

A) Marxist Theory
B) Critical Theory
C) Queer Theory
D) Structural Functionalism

Question 61

Where previous social theories treated science as one of many social institutions, contemporary theories of science and technology treat science as a force central to the constitution of contemporary societies.

Question 62

Affect theorist claims we entered an era in which social life is primarily governed through emotion and affect.

Question 63

According to Michel Foucault, the Nineteenth Century transformations in industrial and domestic life brought people together and were thus early steps in normalizing homosexuality.

Question 64

In feminist theories, sex refers to the social constructed roles played by men and women.

Question 65

According to Judith Butler, gender and desire are brought into existence in performance.

Question 66

Queer theorists demonstrate that homosexual identity has been constructed as superior to heterosexuality.

Question 67

According to Michel Foucault, prior to the twentieth century homosexual acts were not considered indicative of a person's total self or identity.

Question 68

Queer theorists demonstrate how modern Western social life is no longer organized around the presumed naturalness and primacy of heterosexuality.

Question 69

Judith Butler calls for the creation of a space for gays and lesbians within heterosexual culture.

Question 70

Judith Butler claims that gender and sex are created through social performances.

Question 71

Judith Butler calls for the replacement of heterosexual social organization with a presumably more open and liberating homosexual social organization.

Question 72

In feminist theories, sex refers to the social constructed roles played by men and women.

Question 73

Judith Butler agrees with other feminists that gender roles are social constructions, but she takes the argument a step further and says that sex is also a social construction.

Question 74

The study of science and technology is a rather recent occurrence in sociology and social theory.

Question 75

A central claim of queer theory is that, as binaries, heterosexuality and homosexuality define each other and hence depend for their meaning on each other.

Question 76

According to queer theorists, because sex and gender are performed their ongoing viability depends upon their continued performance.

Question 77

According to Judith Butler, gender and desire are automatic possessions of a body.

Question 78

Prosumption theory replaces terms like production and consumption, which have dominated sociological thought since its beginnings.

Question 79

According to Michel Foucault, the Nineteenth Century development of the sciences of sex including such as psychoanalysis and sexology were the early steps in normalizing homosexuality.

Question 80

Robert Merton used his functionalist approach to conceptualize science as a middle-range social institution that was governed by norms.