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Sociology Chp 7

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is behavior that departs from societal or group norms?

a)

deviance

b)

weird

c)

mores

d)

values

2.

Which of the following is a positive aspect of deviance?

a)

deviance erodes trust

b)

deviance can promote social change

c)

deviance is expensive

d)

deviance can cause other nonconforming behaviors

3.

What theory did Robert Merton develop?

a)

Conflict Theory

b)

Strain Theory

c)

Labeling Theory

d)

Symbol Theory

4.

Which of the following are basic elements of social bonds?

a)

attachment

b)

commitment

c)

involvement

d)

All are basic elements

5.

Societies use Social Control to promote: order, stability, and predictability.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

What type of crime is committed by people under 18?

a)

White Collar Crime

b)

Blue Collar Crime

c)

Juvenile Crime

d)

Teenage Heartbreak

7.

Relativity of deviance is best understood with which theory?

a)

Strain Theory

b)

Conflict Theory

c)

Labeling Theory

d)

Control Theory

8.

Capital Punishment is decided only at the federal level.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

If a person cheats on a test once, what degree of deviance is it?

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

10.

Strain theory says that deviance is more likely to occur when there is a connection between cultural goals and the availability to achieve those goals.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

What type of social control involves you putting the grocery cart back, even when no one asks you to?

a)

Internal

b)

External

12.

Which of the following is NOT deviant behavior?

a)

innovation

b)

conformity

c)

rebellion

d)

ritualism

13.

A serial killer would have what degree of deviance?

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

14.

Reactions to deviance are usually negative and there are attempts to change the behavior.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

What type of social control is based on social sanctions?

a)

Internal

b)

External

16.

Incidents of Deviance become well known when they involve prominent people in society.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

When people accept the goals of a society, this is deviance.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Which theory supports that deviance is learned through socialization, the same way non-deviant behavior is learned?

a)

Functionalist

b)

Conflict Theory

c)

Symbolic Interactionist

19.

Labeling people as deviant places a stigma on them that can cause pain and suffering.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

People convicted of white collar crime are more likely to be imprisoned than those convicted of other types of crimes.

a)

True

b)

False