Sociology Chapter 7 Practice Exam Questions & Answers.
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Sociology Chapter 7 Practice Exam Questions & Answers.
According to Robert Merton's strain theory, the term ________ correctly describes the behavior of a school "dropout" who rejects both cultural goals and the conventional means to reach them. - CORRECT ANSWER retreatist
If a parent threate...
Sociology Chapter 7 Practice Exam
Questions & Answers.
According to Robert Merton's strain theory, the term ________ correctly describes the behavior of a
school "dropout" who rejects both cultural goals and the conventional means to reach them. - CORRECT
ANSWER retreatist
If a parent threatens a child with punishment in order to discourage wrongdoing, the parent is using
punishment to accomplish - CORRECT ANSWER deterrence.
Crime committed by persons of high social position during the course of their occupations is called -
CORRECT ANSWER white-collar crime.
In his study of New England's Puritans, Kai Erikson concluded that - CORRECT ANSWER even this
disciplined and highly religious group created deviance to clarify the moral boundaries of their
community.
According to Robert Merton's strain theory, how would you classify a low-paid, yet compulsively
conforming bank teller who never seems to want to get ahead but never seems to do anything wrong? -
CORRECT ANSWER ritualist
Prostitution is widely regarded as a - CORRECT ANSWER victimless crime.
One of the social foundations of deviance is that - CORRECT ANSWER deviance exists only in relation to
cultural norms.
Thomas Szasz made the controversial assertion that - CORRECT ANSWER mental illness is a myth so that
"insanity" is only "differences" that bother other people.
A hate crime is defined as - CORRECT ANSWER a criminal act motivated by race or other bias.
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