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Unit 2 Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name

Class

Date

According to functionalists, physicians should make more money than salesclerks.

True

False

Currently, the poverty rate for people aged 65 and older is greater than it was in 1960.

True

False

Providing law enforcement jobs is a positive function of deviance.

True

False

The interactionist perspective suggests that interaction among individuals influences deviance.

True

False

African Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanics, and Native Americans have all faced the same levels of discrimination and prejudice in the United States.

True

False

Sociologists define the term race as a category of people who share inherited physical characteristics and whom others view as a distinct group.

True

False

Sociologists are concerned with the reactions of people to certain physical characteristics and how these reactions affect individuals in society.

True

False

In The Rules of Sociological Method, Émile Durkheim suggests what about deviance?

Deviance helps to clarify norms

Deviance unifies a group

Deviance diffuses tension and promotes social change

all of these

The control theorist Travis Hirschi argued that

The development of strong social bonds leads to lower rates of deviance.

The development of strong social bonds has no bearing on deviance.

Those who have weak ties to the community are less likely to commit deviant acts.

“Shaming” by primary groups has little effect on the enforcement of norms.

10.

Ethnicity is based on

physical characteristics

cultural characteristics

achievements

genetic differences

11.

The concepts of culturally approved goals and the legitimate means of achieving these goals was devised by

Émile Durkheim

Robert K. Merton

Howard Becker

Edwin Lemert

12.

The image of all Irish people being hot-tempered is an example of

racism

assimilation

scapegoating

stereotyping

13.

Race is based on

physical characteristics

cultural characteristics

achievement

genetic differences

14.

The term model minority refers to

good looks

lack of discrimination and stereotype

economic security and social acceptance

recent immigration

15.

A minority group is identified according to

group size

ethnic history

standing in society

statistics

16.

Slavery is an example of

segregation.

scapegoating.

subjugation.

assimilation.

17.

The function of corrections that is used to discourage offenders from committing future crimes and to make the rest of society think twice before breaking laws is called

retribution.

deterrence.

rehabilitation.

social protection.

18.

Where does money for transfer payments come from?

tax revenues

donations

crime

health-care facilities

19.

Only 50 percent of children born in the underclass in America achieve a higher class. What is this type of movement?

intergenerational vertical mobility

intragenerational vertical mobility

intergenerational horizontal mobility

intragenerational horizontal mobility

20.

Which of the following does a sociologist consider most important regarding race?

the color of skin

it depends on social definitions

the texture of hair

the amount of physical difference

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Unit 2 Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

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