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SOC 340 Final Questions for Success
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SOC 340 Final Questions for Success
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SOC 340 Final Questions for SuccessSuze is developing a research study on victims of violent crimes. She Specifically
wants to analyze the demographics of the victims, and she wants to generalize her
findings to the US population. She is also under time and money constraints.
Which method provides the cheapest and most time-efficient data collection for
Suze? - ANS Official Statistics
According to the social reality of crime theory, definitions of crime are: - ANS
composed of behaviors that conflict with the interests of the dominant class.
People who violate ___ are viewed as evil and a danger to society. - ANS mores
According to Quinney, the social reality of crime theory is based on which of the
following? - ANS Conflict in society
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
,When choosing a research method, the most important thing for social scientists
to consider is: - ANS What type of research question is being investigated
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 the social reality of crime theory, definitions of crime are applied by: -
ANS The class that has the power to shape the enforcement and administration of
criminal law.
Commitment ceremonies have all of the following features EXCEPT: - ANS Mark a
temporary change in a person's status as deviant
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 Heckert & Heckert's typology, rate busting refers to: - ANS
Overconformity that is negatively evaluated
According to Erikson, the only "material" or resource found in society for making
boundaries is: - ANS Networks of social interation
,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
According to Heckert & Heckert's typology, positive deviance - ANS
Overconformity that is positively evaluated
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
According to Merton, anomie and demoralization occurs when: - ANS People can
no longer support institutional norms for attaining cultural goals
Hirschi's concept of commitment assumes that: - ANS Most people are not deviant
because they have too much to lose
Sutherland and Cressey suggest that American Society - ANS Offers conflicting
definitions regarding conformity with legal codes
In order for murder to disappear in society, Durkheim suggests which of the
following? - ANS The collective sentiment against murder must become very
strong throughout all segments of society.
, People like George Washington, Malcolm X, Rosa Parks, Nelson Mandela, Donald
Trump, Adolf Hitler, Margaret 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 Sutherland and Cressey, differential social organization refers to the
fact that: - ANS Most communities are organized for both criminal and anti-
criminal conduct.
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
Stephen and Melinda are both apart of the PTA at their children's school. Stephen
is the assistant coach of the local wrestling team and Melinda is heavily involved
with the church within the community. Outside of the public eye they are both
taking money from all the organizations they are apart of increase their own
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