Question 1

Members of the Frankfurt School were interested in what they termed the _______________________ : the mass production of popular culture,administered from above,that creates needs in people that they would not otherwise have.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Members of the Frankfurt School were interested...

Question 2

Which of the following rejected the distinction between high and low culture?

Accepted Answer

A) Cultural Studies 
B) The Frankfurt School 
C) Karl Marx 
D) None of the above

Question 3

The approach that explores the ways in which economics,culture,and politics interact to create social reality is called Marxism.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The source of profit for the capitalism is the difference between the value of the labor power as purchased and the action value produced by the laborer,which Marx refers to as ___________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The source of profit for the capitalism...

Question 5

According to the Frankfurt School,the culture industry affects consumerism through advertising by:

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A) Arguing that all needs are capable of fulfillment 
B) Never leaving the customer alone 
C) Predetermining needs 
D) All of the above

Question 6

McDonaldization,the term used to describe the proliferation of prepackaged,instant,easily consumable products and lifestyles,would be associated most closely with which of the following concepts?

Accepted Answer

A) The cultural studies' systems of representation 
B) The Frankfurt School's culture industry 
C) Marx's economic determinism 
D) None of the above

Question 7

A group maintains _________________ when it is able to create a worldview that other people and groups actively support,even though that worldview may not be in their interests.

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The answer of A group maintains _________________ when it is...

Question 8

Which of the following is (are)a political site(s)?

Accepted Answer

A) The Coca-Cola Company 
B) Greenpeace 
C) Fellowship Church 
D) All of the above

Question 9

For the most part,organizations do not exercise power coercively but engage in unobtrusive control.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The ideology of work/life balance,as promoted by corporations,can create discursive closure by:

Accepted Answer

A) Highlighting the importance of work 
B) Equating life with family 
C) Making individuals responsible for the balance 
D) All of the above

Question 11

Which of the following modes of ownership and production did Marx not consider exploitative?

Accepted Answer

A) Ancient 
B) Feudal 
C) Tribal 
D) All of the above

Question 12

Frankfurt School members were interested in all of the following,except:

Accepted Answer

A) Examining the course that modernist,Enlightenment thought was taking in the 20th century 
B) Fostering of social change 
C) Examining the nature of knowledge itself 
D) Uncovering immutable truths

Question 13

A Sandals resort vacation is an example of how the "culture industry" operates to rationalize a product or experience.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

_______________ is a system of attitudes,beliefs,ideas,perceptions,and values that structure reality.

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The answer of _______________ is a system of attitudes,beliefs,ideas,perceptions,and values...

Question 15

According to the critical perspective,organizations are:

Accepted Answer

A) Entities constructed by powerful capitalists in order to increase wealth 
B) Political sites in which competing interests are equally represented 
C) Institutions that are key in the development of our identities 
D) Sites in which ethics are generally irrelevant

Question 16

Researchers in the ______________________ tradition take popular culture as a serious object of study,examining the complex ways in which it structures social reality.

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The answer of Researchers in the ______________________ tradition take popular...

Question 17

According to all three schools of thought (Marx,Frankfurt School,and cultural studies),there is always and inevitably resistance to capitalist control.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The spread of corporate ideologies and discourses to every aspect of our lives,including who we are as human beings has been labeled _________________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The spread of corporate ideologies and discourses...

Question 19

In organizational decision making,the choice of one set of ethics over another is most often based on its ethical superiority.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Marx's theory of _______________________ analyzes history according to different modes of production.

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The answer of Marx's theory of _______________________ analyzes history according...

Exam 2: The Critical Approach

Members of the Frankfurt School were interested in what they termed the _______________________ : the mass production of popular culture,administered from above,that creates needs in people that they would not otherwise have.

Which of the following rejected the distinction between high and low culture?

The approach that explores the ways in which economics,culture,and politics interact to create social reality is called Marxism.

The source of profit for the capitalism is the difference between the value of the labor power as purchased and the action value produced by the laborer,which Marx refers to as ___________________.

According to the Frankfurt School,the culture industry affects consumerism through advertising by:

McDonaldization,the term used to describe the proliferation of prepackaged,instant,easily consumable products and lifestyles,would be associated most closely with which of the following concepts?

A group maintains _________________ when it is able to create a worldview that other people and groups actively support,even though that worldview may not be in their interests.

Which of the following is (are) a political site(s) ?

For the most part,organizations do not exercise power coercively but engage in unobtrusive control.

The ideology of work/life balance,as promoted by corporations,can create discursive closure by:

Which of the following modes of ownership and production did Marx not consider exploitative?

Frankfurt School members were interested in all of the following,except:

A Sandals resort vacation is an example of how the "culture industry" operates to rationalize a product or experience.

_______________ is a system of attitudes,beliefs,ideas,perceptions,and values that structure reality.

According to the critical perspective,organizations are:

Researchers in the ______________________ tradition take popular culture as a serious object of study,examining the complex ways in which it structures social reality.

According to all three schools of thought (Marx,Frankfurt School,and cultural studies),there is always and inevitably resistance to capitalist control.

The spread of corporate ideologies and discourses to every aspect of our lives,including who we are as human beings has been labeled _________________________.

In organizational decision making,the choice of one set of ethics over another is most often based on its ethical superiority.

Marx's theory of _______________________ analyzes history according to different modes of production.