Question 1

Attitudes about gender and work became self-confirming myths and enforced women's dependence.The unfair family wage pushed an incentive on women to:

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The unfair family wage pushed an incentive on women to marry and stay married as it made it difficult for women to support themselves financially. This would ensure women's dependence on men and enforce traditional gender roles. There is no evidence or logical basis for the other options presented.

Question 2

Feminist sociologists claim that the family wage is a patriarchal bargain because it implies that:

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Feminist sociologists argue that the concept of a family wage is patriarchal because it assumes that women are dependent on a man's income and reinforces traditional gender roles within the family. It reinforces the idea that men are the breadwinners and women's contributions to the household are not valued monetarily.

Question 3

A system of payment whereby workers are compensated on the basis of a wage not tied to the quality of the raw materials,accidents,or other exigencies in the production process refers to:

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Question 4

Karl has been hired to paint a house blue,but he mixes the color wrong,and it turns out purple instead of blue.Under which wage system(s)would he be responsible for paying for new paint?

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Question 5

In contrast to Simmel,Karl Marx believed that friendship under capitalism is not possible because:

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Karl Marx believed that under capitalism, even personal relationships become commodified and subject to the laws of the market. Therefore, he argued that true friendship is not possible within such a system.

Question 6

In addition to attracting new workers,Ford's "family wage":

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Ford's "family wage" was designed to pay male workers enough to support their families, reinforcing the idea that men were the primary breadwinners and women should remain economically dependent and focused on home duties.

Question 7

What is one advantage of piecework payment over in-kind payment?

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With piecework payment, the worker is paid in cash, giving them more control over their earnings, and they can use the cash however they please. This is an advantage over in-kind payment, where the worker is paid in goods or services that may not be of immediate value or need to the worker.

Question 8

Henry Ford was heralded for his generosity and genius when he created a new type of wage system whereby male workers were paid sufficient wages to support a dependent wife and children.What term refers to this type of payment?

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The term that refers to this type of payment is family wage.

Question 9

Your grade level and amount of experience determine your:

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Your grade level and amount of experience typically determine your civil service salary, as these factors are used to establish pay scales in many government and organizational structures.

Question 10

Marx described workers as being alienated from:

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Marx's theory of alienation argues that workers are alienated from the process of production, from the products they produce, from other people, and from themselves. Therefore, the correct answer is D, all of the above.

Question 11

The money that working women earned was not expected to provide for a family.According to the textbook,what group did this assumption harm the most?

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Black women were most harmed by this assumption because they often had to work to support their families due to systemic racial and economic inequalities.

Question 12

Barbara Risman equated gender inequality,in the form of marriage,to:

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Barbara Risman equated gender inequality in the form of marriage to racism, highlighting how both are systemic issues that perpetuate inequality.

Question 13

In terms of the evolution of payment and exchange,wage labor is more developed than piecework payment because under wage labor:

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Question 14

With regard to the family wage,women:

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The family wage was a concept in which men were seen as the sole breadwinners of the family and were paid a wage that was meant to support their entire family. Women, on the other hand, were seen as working for "extra money" and were not paid as much as men. This was especially true if they were married, as they were seen as having a husband to support them. Therefore, choice B is the best answer.

Question 15

If you are a salaried worker and you miss a day of work,how does your salary change?

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Salaried workers are paid a fixed amount regardless of the number of days they work. Therefore, their salary does not change if they miss a day of work.

Question 16

Because the monetary system is increasingly depersonalized,Simmel argues that it is now possible to:

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Question 17

Which theorist claimed that modern capitalism would not have arisen without the Protestant Reformation,which created the necessary social conditions for capitalism by creating theological insecurity and instilling a doctrine of predestination?

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Max Weber is the theorist who claimed that modern capitalism could not have emerged without the Protestant Reformation, which created the necessary social conditions for capitalism by instilling a doctrine of predestination and creating theological insecurity. This theory is known as the Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism.

Question 18

The good thing about a salary,according to Simmel,is that:

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Simmel's point about the good thing about a salary is that workers still get paid, even if work cannot be done due to external factors like power outages or other such situations.

Question 19

An honorarium is similar to a:

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An honorarium is not a wage, as it is not based on the amount or quality of work produced. It is not a salary, as the amount may vary depending on the task or the person giving the honorarium. It is not a scholarship, as it is not given to support education or research. An honorarium is more like a gift or donation given in recognition of a service provided, such as giving a speech, but is not necessarily expected.

Question 20

Georg Simmel saw the development of monetary payment systems as part of a historical evolution leading to:

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Georg Simmel believed that the development of monetary payment systems led to a depersonalization of exchange, meaning that social relationships and personal connections between individuals involved in exchange were replaced by impersonal monetary transactions.

Quiz 14: Capitalism and the Economy