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Multiple Choice
1. From a sociological point of view, deviance is any behavior or physical appearance that is socially
challenged or condemned because it
a. is unlawful activity.
b. is criminal.
c. departs from the norms and expectations of some group.
d. hurts someone.
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 194
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: SSOC.FERR.15.01 - comprehensive
TOPICS: Mod 6.1
NOTES: Pickup
2. The sociological contribution to understanding deviant behavior is the emphasis on

a. the individual.
b. universal ideas about what is deviance.
c. the context.
d. obedience to authority.
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 196
TOPICS: Mod 6.1
NOTES: Pickup
3. The only characteristic common to all forms of deviance is the fact that
a. they invoke formal sanctions.
b. everyone in the society is offended by the act considered deviant.
c. it is uniform across across time and place.
d. some social audience regards the act or appearance as deviant.
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Chapter opening
TOPICS: Mod 6.1
NOTES: Pickup
4. Durkheim argued that, even among groups considered exemplary, some seemingly insignificant act or
appearance will be treated as deviant. This argument explains why Durkheim believed that
a. deviance and crime are distinct concepts.
b. those in power define what is deviant.
c. there are some societies in which deviance does not exist.
d. deviance is present in all societies.
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 196
TOPICS: Mod 6.1
NOTES: Pickup
5. Which one of the following statements best corresponds with Durkheim’s perspective on deviance?
a. It is impossible for any society to be entirely free of deviance.
b. Behavior that is unthinkable when an individual is acting on his or her own may be executed without
hesitation when carried out under orders.
c. When people become criminals, they do so because of contacts with criminal patterns.
d. Deviance results from the application of rules and sanctions.
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 196
TOPICS: Mod 6.1
NOTES: Pickup
6. Durkheim argued that the ritual of identifying and exposing a wrongdoing is an emotional experience
that gives a sense of order to the community. The idea suggests
a. it is possible for a society to be entirely free of deviance.
b. behavior that is unthinkable when an individual is acting on his or her own may be executed without
c. when people become criminals, they do so because of contacts with criminal patterns and because of
isolation from non-criminal patterns.
d. a group that went too long without noticing deviance would lose its identity.
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 196
TOPICS: Mod 6.1
NOTES: Pickup
7. To call an addiction a moral problem is to locate its cause in the goodness or badness of human action
and to suggest that a solution depends on changing evil ways. To call it a medical problem is to locate its
cause in the biological workings of the mind or body and to suggest that a solution rests with a drug, a
vaccine, or surgery. This contrast in viewpoint suggests that
a. labels are important because they tend to evoke a particular cause and a particular solution.
b. addiction cannot be a medical problem.
c. there is no right way to talk about addictions.
d. it is difficult to explain addiction.
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 197
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: SSOC.FERR.15.02 - applied
TOPICS: Mod 6.1
NOTES: New
8. If we stop and think about it, most human activities have the equivalent of __________ --people who
make sure that the rules are followed.
a. coaches
b. CEOs
c. conductors
d. referees
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 199
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: SSOC.FERR.15.03 - factual
TOPICS: Mod 6.2
NOTES: New
9. __________ include(s) the methods used to teach, persuade, or force people to comply with norms
and expectations.
a. Mechanisms of social control
b. Deviance
c. Conformity
d. Context
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 199
TOPICS: Mod 6.2
NOTES: Pickup
10. Ideally, conformity should be

a. imposed.
b. established through informal negative sanctions.
c. something people want to do.
d. encouraged by offering rewards.
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 199
TOPICS: Mod 6.2
NOTES: Pickup
11. Ridicule and imprisonment are examples of __________ sanctions.

a. informal
b. positive
c. negative
d. formal
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 200
TOPICS: Mod 6.2
NOTES: Pickup
12. Six-year-old Martha picks up her toys and puts them away. Her father smiles and pats her on the
back. The smile and pat represent a __________ sanction.
a. positive formal
b. negative formal
c. negative informal
d. positive informal
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 200
TOPICS: Mod 6.2
NOTES: Pickup
13. Police officers employ __________ sanctions when they arrest people suspected of breaking the law.
a. positive formal
b. negative formal
c. negative informal
d. positive informal
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 200
TOPICS: Mod 6.2
NOTES: Pickup
14. Sociologist Kingsley Dennis recounts the case of a South Korean girl harassed unmercifully over the
Internet for not picking up after her dog. Her transgression was caught on tape and posted to the
Internet. Dennis called this harassment
a. group think.
b. virtual vigilantism.
c. censorship.
d. a witch hunt.
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 201
TOPICS: Mod 6.2
NOTES: Pickup
15. Facial hair or a chin strap slightly off angle is treated as a “crime” in the context of military boot
camp. This situation suggests that something is “criminal” because
a. the group has defined it as such.
b. it causes harm to others.
c. deviance exists in every social setting.
d. there are no exceptions to the rule.
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 196
TOPICS: Mod 6.1
NOTES: Pickup
16. Sociologist Kingsley Dennis dates the rise of decentralized surveillance to which event?
a. the Rodney King incident
b. the OJ Simpson trial
c. Tiananmen Square
d. September 11, 2001
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 201
TOPICS: Mod 6.2
NOTES: Pickup
17. Electronic monitoring is an example of

a. censorship.
b. surveillance.
c. conformity.
d. deviance.
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 201
TOPICS: Mod 6.2
NOTES: Pickup
18. Stanley Milgram’s study on obedience to authority offers insights as to how

a. some social audience comes to define a behavior as deviant.
b. people in positions of authority manage to get others to accept their definitions of deviance.
c. deviance can exist even in seemingly perfect societies.
d. structural strain generates deviance.
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 201
TOPICS: Mod 6.2
NOTES: Pickup
19. Staff Sergeant Ivan Frederick testified that when at the Abu Ghraib Prison, “I questioned some of the
things that I saw… such as leaving inmates in their cells with no clothes or in female underpants — and
the answer I got was ,‘This is how military intelligence wants it done.’” The dynamics Frederick
described best correspond with
a. Stanley Milgram’s Obedience to Authority.
b. Howard Becker’s master status of deviant.
c. Robert K. Merton’s theory of structural strain.
d. Edward Sutherland’s theory of differential association.
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 203
TOPICS: Mod 6.2
NOTES: Pickup
20. Stanley Milgram wrote, “The person who, with inner conviction, loathes stealing, killing, and assault
may find himself committing these acts with relative ease.” Under what conditions does Milgram
believe this happens?
a. when no one is watching
b. when under the influence of alcohol
c. when the person’s life is threatened
d. when commanded by an authority
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 203
TOPICS: Mod 6.2
NOTES: Pickup
21. Group think is likely to occur when people in a group with decision-making power
a. are from different backgrounds.
b. seek outside opinions.
c. are highly educated.
d. believe in the absolute rightness of their cause.
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 204
TOPICS: Mod 6.2
NOTES: Pickup
22. Which one of the following applies to groupthink?

a. The group is under pressure to take its time.
b. The group gives no thought to a contingency plan.
c. Dissenting information is encouraged.
d. Objectives are very clear.
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 204
TOPICS: Mod 6.2
NOTES: New
23. Howard Becker wrote, “No one really knows how much this phenomenon exists, but the amount is
very sizable, much more than we are apt to think.” Becker was writing about
a. secret deviants.
b. innovators.
c. conformists.
d. witch-hunts.
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 207
TOPICS: Mod 6.3
NOTES: Pickup
24. A student writes, “I used to sell drugs. I was very careful. I watched who I sold to and didn’t take
any new customers. I was never caught.” This student can be classified as
a. a conformist.
b. a secret deviant.
c. falsely accused.
d. a pure deviant.
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 207
TOPICS: Mod 6.3
NOTES: Pickup
25. __________ are people that have broken the rules and are caught, punished, and labeled as outsiders.
a. Conformists
b. Secret deviants
c. The falsely accused
d. Pure deviants
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 207
TOPICS: Mod 6.3
NOTES: Pickup
26. __________ are people who have broken the rules but whose violation goes unnoticed.
a. Pure deviants
b. The falsely accused
c. Secret deviants
d. Conformists
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 207
TOPICS: Mod 6.3
NOTES: Pickup
27. A U.S. Bureau of Justice survey of crime victims documented that almost 50 percent of violent
crimes go unreported. This fact suggests that there are large numbers of __________ in U.S. society.
a. conformists
b. pure deviants
c. secret deviants
d. falsely accused
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 207
TOPICS: Mod 6.3
NOTES: Pickup
28. Reseachers Michael L. Radelet and Adam Bedau reviewed more than 800 cases of innocent people
being convicted of capital crimes, and they found that 56 had
a. made false confessions.
b. received early parole.
c. pleaded their innocence.
d. no jury trial.
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 214
TOPICS: Mod 6.5
NOTES: Pickup
29. Which one of the following statements is most closely associated with differential association
theory?
a. It is impossible for any society to be entirely free of deviance.
b. Behavior that is unthinkable in an individual who is acting on his or her own may be executed without
c. People learn criminal behavior from closely interacting with those who engage in and approve of law-
breaking activities.
d. Deviance is a consequence not of a particular behavior but of the application of rules and sanctions.
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 217
TOPICS: Mod 6.5
NOTES: Pickup
30. The position of pharmacist offers the opportunity to steal prescription drugs. This possibility speaks
to
a. structural strain.
b. differential association.
c. illegitimate opportunity structure.
d. corporate crime.
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 218
TOPICS: Mod 6.5
NOTES: Pickup
31. In sociologist Terry Williams’ study of teenagers working for drug suppliers, he pointed out that the
justice system does not send juveniles to prison or treat them as adults. The policy presents teens with
a. a self-fulfilling prophecy.
b. the chance to be white collar criminals.
c. an illegitimate opportunity structure.
d. situations characterized by structural strain.
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 218
TOPICS: Mod 6.5
NOTES: Pickup
32. In sociologist Terry Williams’ study of teenagers recruited by drug suppliers, he found that teenagers
were recruited because
a. they could be easily influenced.
b. they generally obey orders.
c. as minors they could not be sent to prison.
d. they had a lot of free time on their hands.
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 218
TOPICS: Mod 6.5
NOTES: Pickup
33. For someone to embezzle money, another person has to have entrusted a would-be embezzler with a
large sum of money. This fact speaks to dynamics underlying
a. structural strain.
d. corporate crime.
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 218
TOPICS: Mod 6.5
NOTES: Pickup
34. Sutherland and Cressy wrote about “crimes committed by persons of respectability and high social
status in the course of their occupations.” The two were writing about
a. corporate crime.
b. white-collar crime.
c. deviance.
d. the falsely accused.
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 218
TOPICS: Mod 6.5
NOTES: Pickup
35. In the case of __________, offenders occupy positions in the organization that permit them to carry
out illegal activities discreetly.
a. white-collar crime
b. the falsely accused
c. deviance
d. witch hunts
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 218
TOPICS: Mod 6.5
NOTES: Pickup
36. Structural strain induces a state of culture chaos known as

a. anomie.
b. ritualism.
c. differential association.
d. medicalization.
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 222
TOPICS: Mod 6.6
NOTES: Pickup
37. An imbalance between valued goals and legitimate means occurs when
a. the sole focus is placed on achieving valued goals by any means necessary.
b. people are sure there are enough legitimate means to go around.
c. opportunities to reach valued goals are open to everyone.
d. there are many opportunities to satisfy demand.
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 222
TOPICS: Mod 6.6
NOTES: New
38. Someone makes a resolution to go to college with the plan to enroll in Internet courses and pay
people to complete the course work. This plan is an example of what kind of response to structural
strain?
a. innovation
b. retreatism
c. rebellion
d. ritualism
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 222
TOPICS: Mod 6.6
NOTES: New
39. Which of the following phrases best summarizes “innovation”?

a. Win by the rules of the game.
b. I don’t like the game or the rules.
c. Change the rules to win the game.
d. Follow the rules even if you don’t win.
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 222
TOPICS: Mod 6.6
NOTES: Pickup
40. Which one the following countries has the highest incarceration rate?
a. the United States
b. Nigeria
c. Sudan
d. India
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 214
TOPICS: Mod 6.5
NOTES: Pickup
41. __________ is a behavior that violates a law.

a. Deviance
b. Crime
c. Differential association
d. Internalization
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 213
TOPICS: Mod 6.5
NOTES: New
42. Going to prison is a multi-stage process. First,

a. get a lawyer.
b. go to trial and plead guilty.
c. a person must plead guilty.
d. someone must know about the crime and then decide to report it.
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 215
TOPICS: Mod 6.5
NOTES: Pickup
43. Which demographic has the lowest chance of being involved with the U.S. correctional system?
a. blacks
b. men
c. women
d. Hispanics
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 216
TOPICS: Mod 6.5
NOTES: Pickup
44. Probation, home incarceration, jail, and residential facilities are all tools of
a. correctional control.
b. deviance.
c. medicalization.
d. internalization.
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 216
TOPICS: Mod 6.5
NOTES: Pickup
45. __________ includes the corporations and agencies with an economic stake in building and
supplying correctional facilities and in providing services.
a. Medicalization
b. The prison-industrial complex
c. Bureaucracy
d. Institututionalization
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 216
TOPICS: Mod 6.5
NOTES: Pickup
46. Michael Foucault identified a historical shift or turning point in the way society punished people
from ____________ to ______________.
a. barbaric culture; humanitarian culture
b. packed cells; isolation
c. a culture of spectacle; a carceral culture
d. torture; psychological incentives
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 226
TOPICS: Mod 6.7
NOTES: Pickup
47. A __________ is a social arrangement in which society largely abandons physical and public
punishment and replaces it with surveillance.
a. culture of spectacle
b. correctional system
c. panopticon
d. carceral culture
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 226
TOPICS: Mod 6.7
NOTES: Pickup
48. A system of punishment that tortures, disfigures, dismembers, and executes “criminals” in public
settings for all to see is part of a
b. correctional system.
c. panopticon.
d. total institution.
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 226
TOPICS: Mod 6.7
NOTES: Pickup
49. The __________ was designed to create inmates who disciplined themselves.
b. correctional system
c. panopticon
d. total institution
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 226
TOPICS: Mod 6.7
NOTES: Pickup
50. A disciplinary society is a social arrangement that

a. normalizes surveillance.
b. allows adults to spank children.
c. is socialist in nature.
d. makes punishment a public spectacle.
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 227
TOPICS: Mod 6.7
NOTES: Pickup
51. The panopticon is a metaphor for

a. a humanitarian society.
b. a disciplinary society.
c. a culture of spectacle.
d. the structuralist point of view.
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 227
TOPICS: Mod 6.7
NOTES: Pickup
52. When studying deviance sociologists

a. take an "anything goes" approach to behavior.
b. seek to capture the complex dynamics underlying definitions of deviance.
c. cast judgements on deviants.
d. seek to make a list of behaviors that are everywhere considered deviant.
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 194
TOPICS: Mod 6.1
NOTES: New
53. In 1956 Rosa Parks was arrested for taking an empty, uncontested seat in the front of the bus. Her
case supports the idea that
a. deviance is incomprehensible.
b. deviance is impossible to study.
c. context and audience matter in defining a behavior as deviant.
d. it is important to get into the mind of the person labeled as deviant.
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 195
TOPICS: Mod 6.1
NOTES: New
54. James sees someone overweight by 100 pounds and labels them as lazy. In sociological terms being
100 pounds overweight is a
a. stigma.
b. crime.
c. structural strain.
d. label.
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 209
TOPICS: Mod 6.4
NOTES: New
55. In writing about stigma, Goffman used the term "normal" to refer to those who
a. are well-adjusted.
b. are healthy.
c. are average.
d. possess no stigma.
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 210
TOPICS: Mod 6.4
NOTES: New
56. Stigmas are __________ because they break the claims of all other attributes a person possesses.
a. labels
b. discrediting
c. achieved statuses
d. norms
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 209
TOPICS: Mod 6.4
NOTES: New
57. Goffman uses the words __________ to describe situations where stigmatized and normals find
themselves in the same space.
a. social interaction
b. negotiated order
c. social structure
d. mixed contact
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 210
TOPICS: Mod 6.4
NOTES: New
58. Twenty-year-old Amber pulls out in front of a car and is hit by a driver who is 87 years old. Amber
gets out of the car screaming that the driver is too old to be driving. Amber has behaved in a way that
captures the dynamics of
a. victims.
b. mixed contacts.
c. American drivers.
d. irresponsible parties.
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 210
TOPICS: Mod 6.4
NOTES: New
59. Sociologists inspired by the __________ perspective are attuned to the ways laws contribute to order
and stability.
a. functionalist
b. conflict theorist
c. symbolic interactionist
d. feminist
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 229
TOPICS: Mod 6.8
NOTES: New
60. From a functionalist perspective laws exist to

a. maintain gender inequalities.
b. shape interactions between people and animals.
c. protect interests of some advantaged groups.
d. protect society.
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 230
TOPICS: Mod 6.8
NOTES: New
61. Rob and Dan live in a community that allows people to walk dogs unleashed. That law shapes the
way people interact with each other and their dogs. Laws’ effect on interaction is of most interest to a
a. functionalist.
b. conflict theorist.
c. symbolic interactionist.
d. feminist.
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 230
TOPICS: Mod 6.8
NOTES: New
62. When __________ consider laws and their effects on society, they focus on how laws are used to
maintain and perpetuate gender inequalities.
a. functionalists
b. conflict theorists
c. symbolic interactionists
d. feminists
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 231
TOPICS: Mod 6.8
NOTES: New
63. __________ are most interested in how tax laws benefit the wealthy.
a. Functionalists
b. Conflict theorists
c. Symbolic interactionists
d. Feminists
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 230
TOPICS: Mod 6.8
NOTES: New
64. The Affordable Care Act can be viewed as a response to
a. surveillance.
d. a structural strain.
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 224
TOPICS: Mod 6.6
NOTES: New
65. According to structural strain theory, those politicians who voted for the Affordable Care Act
engaged in
a. innovation.
b. ritualism.
c. retreatist.
d. rebellion.
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 224
TOPICS: Mod 6.6
NOTES: New
66. Vision-enhancing contact lenses allow wearers to focus simultaneously on images that are close up
and far away. The technology adds to the pervasiveness of
a. differential association.
b. a disciplinary society.
c. the prison-industrial complex.
d. structural strain.
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 227
TOPICS: Mod 6.7
NOTES: New
67. Jose applies for a job at a day care center. During the interview he feels uncomfortable because the
women interviewing him cannot understand why he wants to work with children. This dynamic is
characteristic of
a. gendered interaction.
b. mixed contact.
c. illegitimate opportunity structures.
d. structural strain.
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 212
TOPICS: Mod 6.4
NOTES: New
True / False
68. Under the right circumstances, almost any behavior or appearance can qualify as deviant.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 195
TOPICS: Mod 6.1
NOTES: Pickup
69. According to Émile Durkheim, deviance will be present even in a community of saints.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 195
TOPICS: Mod 6.1
NOTES: Pickup
70. Durkheim argued that a group that went too long without noticing deviance would lose its identity.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 196
TOPICS: Mod 6.1
NOTES: Pickup
71. Smoking became “deviant” once scientific evidence proved it to be harmful.

a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 197
TOPICS: Mod 6.1
NOTES: Pickup
72. Sanctions can be positive or negative.

a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 200
TOPICS: Mod 6.2
NOTES: Pickup
73. Censorship and surveillance are methods of social control.

a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 200
TOPICS: Mod 6.2
NOTES: Pickup
74. Milgram found that obedience to authority is founded on the firm command of a researcher wearing
a white coat.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 202
TOPICS: Mod 6.2
NOTES: New
75. Group think is most likely to occur when a group is under pressure to take action.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 203
TOPICS: Mod 6.2
NOTES: Pickup
76. One reason group think occurs is that dissenting information is welcomed.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 204
TOPICS: Mod 6.2
NOTES: New
77. According to labeling theory a rule breaker is deviant even if no one notices the violation.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 206
TOPICS: Mod 6.3
NOTES: Pickup
78. The falsely accused have broken rules but their violation goes unnoticed.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 207
TOPICS: Mod 6.3
NOTES: Pickup
79. Secret deviants have broken no rules but are treated as if they have.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 207
TOPICS: Mod 6.3
NOTES: Pickup
80. If we accept that criminal behavior is learned we can think of criminals as "conformists."
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 217
TOPICS: Mod 6.5
NOTES: Pickup
81. Structural strain exists when opportunities for reaching culturally valued goals are open to all.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 222
TOPICS: Mod 6.6
NOTES: Pickup
82. For the innovator, success is equated with playing by the rules.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 222
TOPICS: Mod 6.6
NOTES: New
83. Retreatists drop out of the system that has failed them.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 223
TOPICS: Mod 6.6
NOTES: New
84. Just about everyone who commits a violent crime goes to prison.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 215
TOPICS: Mod 6.5
NOTES: New
85. Compared to male counterparts, American women have a lower chance of being involved with the
U.S. correctional system.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 216
TOPICS: Mod 6.5
NOTES: Pickup
86. A carceral culture is one where physical and public punishment dominates.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 226
TOPICS: Mod 6.7
NOTES: Pickup
87. A surveillance or disciplinary society fuels anxiety about being watched.

a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 227
TOPICS: Mod 6.7
NOTES: Pickup
88. From a sociological point of view criminals are the "bad" people.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 229
TOPICS: Mod 6.8
NOTES: New
89. Normals staring at a stigmatized person qualifies as an invasion of privacy.

a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 211
TOPICS: Mod 6.4
NOTES: New
90. When sociologists study crime they place the spotlight on the individual.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 213
TOPICS: Mod 6.5
NOTES: New
91. When studying laws symbolic interactionists are most interested in how laws benefit advantaged
groups.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 229
TOPICS: Mod 6.8
NOTES: New
92. There is no question that countries with the highest rate of incarceration have the most serious crime
problems.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: 214
TOPICS: Mod 6.5
NOTES: New

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22. Which one of the following applies to groupthink?

36. Structural strain induces a state of culture chaos known as

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41. __________ is a behavior that violates a law.

42. Going to prison is a multi-stage process. First,

50. A disciplinary society is a social arrangement that

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60. From a functionalist perspective laws exist to

71. Smoking became “deviant” once scientific evidence proved it to be harmful.

72. Sanctions can be positive or negative.

73. Censorship and surveillance are methods of social control.

87. A surveillance or disciplinary society fuels anxiety about being watched.

89. Normals staring at a stigmatized person qualifies as an invasion of privacy.

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