NDSU Sociology Exam 2 Questions with Correct Answers
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NDSU Sociology Exam 2 Questions with Correct Answers
what do functionalists believe? - Answer-functionalists believe that everyone must respect norms and follow rules or society cannot function
what do symbolic internationalists focus on? - Answer-they focus on the fact that we as a society cr...
NDSU Sociology Exam 2 Questions
with Correct Answers
what do functionalists believe? - Answer-functionalists believe that everyone must
respect norms and follow rules or society cannot function
what do symbolic internationalists focus on? - Answer-they focus on the fact that we as
a society create/construct meanings and rules in our society
what do conflict theorists believe? - Answer-they believe that social control just keeps
power in the hands of the powerful
what can social control be? - Answer-positive and negative, formal and informal
3 reasons (power theory) - Answer-1. greater motive
2. greater opportunity
3. LESS control over them
differential justice - Answer-people treated differently based on groups they are in
feminist theorists - Answer-focus on deviance and crimes as a result of patriarchy
feminization of poverty - Answer-children and their single, head-of-household mothers
living in poverty in the highest numbers
differential association theory - Answer-it depends on DIFFERENT people you
ASSOCIATE with that determines your actions
labeling theory - Answer-it is not the ACT that makes something deviant, but our
REACTION to it
primary deviance - Answer-when an act of deviance occurs
secondary deviance - Answer-when an individual believe that a label/term applies to
them, they internalize
most crime victims are: - Answer-young, black, men living in poor neighborhoods in the
inner city
most offenders are: - Answer-young, white, men living in poor neighborhoods in the
inner city
, crime rate for women are: - Answer-rising
what are men more likely to be than women - Answer-offenders
social control - Answer-ways we try to prevent and react to people in society
criminal justice system is made up of these three groups - Answer-police, courts, and
prison
recidivism rates - Answer-the rates which convicted felons who have done their time
and been released, reoffend and end up back in prison within a 3 year period of time
Group - Answer-2 or more people who share the same norms, values, expectations and
meet on a regular basis
dyad - Answer-group of two
triad - Answer-group of three
Group size: as a group size increases, stability (blank), as group size increases,
intensity of relationships (blank) - Answer-Increases
decreases
diffusion of responsibility - Answer-the tendency to feel that you do not need to
respond/help the larger the group gets
primary group - Answer-a primary group is a relatively small group of people who
engage in intimate face-to-face interaction over an extended period of time
secondary group - Answer-a secondary group is usually large, formal, impersonal, and
a temporary collection of people that pursues a specific goal or activity
reference groups - Answer-a group of people that shape our behavior, values, and
attitudes
in-group - Answer-members of an in-group share a sense of identity that excludes
outsiders
out-group - Answer-people who are viewed and treated negatively because they are
seen as having values, beliefs or other characteristics different from one's own
social network - Answer-a web of social ties that links individuals to others
functionalists see groups/organizations as composed of (blank), most are (blank) -
Answer-inter-related parts
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