Social Aspects of Deviance – Final Exam Study Guide
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Reading Quiz #3
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Chapter 8 - Mental Disorder
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According to the author, which statement about mental disorder is TRUE?
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Virtually all of us can be said to be mentally ill at one time or another.
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What has been called "the common cold of mental ailments"?
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depression
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The public treats all forms of mental distress as a serious mental disorder because
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there is a stigma attached to mental disorder.
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Which of the following is NOT a neurosis?
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manic depression
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The most prominent feature of a personality disorder is
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a blatant disregard for society's rules.
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Which of the following examples of mental problems would most likely be defined as a personality disorder?
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a crooked politician
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All of the following are reasons why the DSM-IV classification scheme falls short, EXCEPT that it
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is too focused on the social causes of mental disorders.
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Compared with women, men are less likely to have
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anxiety attacks.
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Many sociologists and psychiatrists assume that the urban environment is likely to induce mental problems through
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an abundance of physical and social stresses.
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All of the following are ways that cultural forces can shape mental disorder, EXCEPT that
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some cultures have created ways of life where no symptoms of mental disorders exist.
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Reading Quiz #4
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Chapter 10 - Gays and Other Targets of Stigma
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Which of the following persons has an unjustifiable stigma?
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an obese person
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Which of the following statements about the differences between sexual orientations is TRUE?
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The difference between sexual orientation is actually a matter of degree.
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The greater promiscuity among gay men has to do with their
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male gender role.
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Which of the following events has produced a significant shift from sexual promiscuity to monogamy among homosexuals?
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the AIDS crisis of the early 1980s
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Compared with male homosexuals, lesbians are generally
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less promiscuous.
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Research has documented that children raised by gay parents
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are no more likely than children with heterosexual parents to become homosexual.
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Which of the following statements about homosexuality and religion is TRUE?
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Many religions consider homosexuality a sin.
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In attempting to define what a homosexual is, Kinsey rejected the idea that
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a person is either exclusively heterosexual or homosexual.
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Trades, or men who often go to public restrooms for impersonal sex,
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see themselves as straight and masculine.
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Which of the following statements about the nature and extent of homophobia is not true?
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A notable percentage of Americans practice discrimination against the sexual minority.
