Lesson 4.2.1.5
4.2.1.5 Identity, production, consumption and globalisation Quiz: AQA Sociology, Unit 2
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The 20 questions
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Which sociologist coined the term 'conspicuous consumption' to describe displaying status through spending?
- Jean Baudrillard
- Pierre Bourdieu
- Thorstein Veblen
- Karl Marx
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Which Marxist concept describes treating relationships between people as relationships between commercial objects?
- Hyperreality
- Commodity fetishism
- False consciousness
- Cultural capital
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Which term did Jean Baudrillard use to describe signs and copies without an original reality?
- Cultural capital
- Hegemony
- Meta-narratives
- Simulacra
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Which concept refers to patterns of consumption used by individuals to construct personal identity?
- Socialisation
- Lifestyle
- Stratification
- Alienation
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According to Pierre Bourdieu, what primarily shapes an individual's tastes in consumer goods?
- Biological instincts
- Universal aesthetics
- Personal morality
- Class and education
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Which concept describes the spread of fast-food principles like efficiency and predictability across society?
- Globalisation
- McDonaldisation
- Fordism
- Disneyfication
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Which term describes the practice of adapting global products and services to local cultures?
- Assimilation
- Glocalisation
- Cultural imperialism
- Americanisation
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How has globalisation affected individual identity, according to many postmodern sociologists?
- Made it fluid
- Made it biological
- Fixed it permanently
- Eradicated choice
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Which mode of production is characterised by flexible manufacturing, niche marketing, and temporary contracts?
- Fordism
- Taylorism
- Mercantilism
- Post-Fordism
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How has flexible and insecure employment affected occupational identity in late modern societies?
- Eradicated it completely
- Fixed it permanently
- Strengthened it
- Made it unstable
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What do critics argue consumer culture overstates when creating identity?
- Individual freedom
- Social inequality
- Economic constraint
- Class consciousness
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What term describes the worldwide consumption of standardized media and commercial products?
- Global consumer culture
- Cultural imperialism
- Primary socialisation
- Localised identity
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What concept describes identities constructed through participation in online communities and social media?
- Ascribed identity
- Networked identity
- Collective identity
- Glocalised identity
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In traditional sociology, how does production primarily shape an individual's identity?
- Global branding
- Consumption choices
- Occupation and class
- Media consumption
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According to Marxists, what do consumer identities conceal in capitalist societies?
- Individual freedom
- Class divisions
- Gender roles
- Globalisation
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Which concept describes the blending of global cultural influences with local practices and identities?
- Secularisation
- Glocalisation
- Cultural homogenisation
- Individualisation
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According to Manuel Castells, which type of identity emerges to resist global network changes?
- Consumer identity
- Resistance identity
- Legitimising identity
- Ascribed identity
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What concept describes the status or lifestyle meaning attached to goods through advertising?
- Exchange value
- Functional utility
- Use value
- Symbolic meaning
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How do local communities typically respond to global consumer brands and media?
- Reinterpretation and adaptation
- Complete rejection
- Passive acceptance
- Total assimilation
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Besides personal preference, what structural factor strongly shapes individual consumption choices?
- Personality type
- Genetic traits
- Social class
- Climate change
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