SOC 340 Final Exam Prep Questions For Success
People who violate _____ are viewed as evil and a danger to society. - ANS mores
According to Erikson, the fact that we no longer punish deviants in public is
connected with the: - ANS Emergence of newspapers, radio, and TV
According to Heckert & Heckert's typology, positive deviance is: - ANS
Overconformity that is positively evaluated
A folkway is a - ANS Norm that applies to routine and everyday matters
According to Heckert & Heckert's typology, negative deviance is: - ANS
Underconformity that is negatively evaluated
When choosing a research method, the most important thing for social scientists
to consider is: - ANS What type of research question is being investigated
A soldier who kills in battle is not considered deviant, but the acts of Charles
Manson are. This illustrates the point that: - ANS Whether or not behavior is
considered deviant depends on the context
,Hendershott points out that sociologists from the 19th century to the 1960s held
all of the following views EXCEPT for which one? - ANS That cultural relativism is
the best vantage point from which to study social behavior
Erikson suggests that the self-fulfilling prophecy as applied to the study of
deviance means that: - ANS Society's view that "once deviant, always deviant"
creates a situation that limits the opportunities for the ex-deviant to conform
The fact that the acts of Charles Manson are considered deviant but Dexter's
character is more accepted and even liked in most instances illustrates which
property of deviance? - ANS Deviance is relative.
Earl is building a research study where he wants to find out what people consider
to be deviant behaviors out of a list that he has created. He wants to generalize his
findings to the US population. What is the best method for Earl to use for his
study? - ANS Survey research
Which of the following groups of examples represent apostasy, middle-class
negative deviance related to the norm of group loyalty? - ANS Treason, revolution,
draft dodging, flag defilement
Juana wants to study people in polyamorous relationships. Specifically, she wants
to know details of how they live their day-to-day lives and manage time spent with
each partner. She knows that she will have to meet and build rapport with her
subjects so that they will trust her to view intimate parts of their lives. She is OK
with not being able to generalize to a larger population, as she is going for depth
,of knowledge on the topic. Which method would be best for Juana to use? - ANS
Field research
Which of the following groups of examples represent fanaticism, middle-class rate
busting related to the norm of group loyalty? - ANS Religious cults, Ku Klux Klan,
super-patriots, Aryan Nation
According to Quinney, the social reality of crime theory is based on which of the
following? - ANS Conflict in Society
People like George Washington, Malcolm X, Rosa Parks, Nelson Mandela, Donald
Trump, Adolph Hitler, Margret Thatcher, Barack Obama may not be a common
connections of individuals that would come to one's mind as being similar. These
are all people who have fame in some way or another, maybe even infamy.
When thinking of these people, and within the readings we've had this week, tied
to Merton's Strain Theory. Which of his categorizes within his typology would you
say accurately places these individuals within? - ANS Rebellion
According to Merton, anomie and demoralization occurs when: - ANS People can
no longer support institutional norms for attaining cultural goals
According to Durkheim, a society of saints would likely: - ANS Define some minor
faults or acts as crimes
, Differential association theory states that a person becomes delinquent because of
which of the following? - ANS An excess of definitions that are favorable to law
violation
Using Merton's typology, a person who decides to use illegal means to achieve the
cultural success they want, to be accepted as higher class and enjoy the fruits of
the societal tools around them, regardless of how they obtained said means would
fall into which of his categories? - ANS Innovation
Viral Trends are becoming something of an obsession within the modern era. In
2020/21 there has been an increase in the actions of violence taken upon objects
within public places. This has been fueled by the ability to follow what others are
doing and get viral sensations for these actions. Socially rewarded as they may be,
this plays into which of the theories that was provided within your readings?
The influence of others encouraging you to break rules, laws as well as increased
illegal behavior to be seen as cool, or apart of the group, is connected to what? -
ANS Differential Association Theory
According to Durkheim, the punishment of Socrates for his crime: - ANS
Demonstrates the positive function of crime in promoting social change.
According to Sutherland and Cressey, differential social organization refers to the
fact that: - ANS Most communities are organized for both criminal and anti-
criminal conduct