According to Marx, industrial capitalism would eventually lead to a society composed of two classes, the ____.
a. Democrats and Republicans
b. capitalists and neocapitalists
c. Marxists and neoMarxists
d. liberals and conservatives
e. proletariat and bourgeoisie
Question 2A major contribution of symbolic interactionism to the study of sports is
a. enumerating the positive contributions of sports in society.
b. an understanding that the meanings of symbols within sports may have different meanings for different people.
c. an understanding of how sports perpetuate gender and racial inequality.
d. the concept of stacking, and its relationship to race.
e. the analysis of gender and sport.
Question 3According to ____, the economic factor is the independent variable explaining the existence of social classes.
a. Marx
b. Weber
c. Durkheim
d. Pareto
e. none of the above
Question 4Social interactionism has been criticized in regard to its view of sports for
a. looking too much at the broad social and cultural impacts of sports.
b. focusing too strongly on gender and race within sports.
c. only looking at the contributions, not the negative aspects of sports.
d. focusing too much on socialization and social interaction, and not the broader society.
e. promoting sports as a way to release tensions in society.
Question 5The two most significant early contributions to the study of social stratification were made by ____.
a. Marx and Weber
b. Marx and Durkheim
c. Weber and Durkheim
d. Michels and Pareto
e. Michels and Weber
Question 6A major contribution of conflict theory to the study of sports is
a. recognizing the positive and negative aspects of sport in society.
b. understanding how sports perpetuate gender and racial inequality.
c. its focus on socialization and social interaction.
d. an understanding that the meanings of symbols within sports may have different meanings for different people.
e. the acknowledgment of solidarity created by sports teams.
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