Sociology Exam 1: Quiz 5 " You May Ask Yourself"
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When analyzing U.S. crime rates, your textbook author explains that the best indicator we have of crime is the:
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Murder rate
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In industrialized societies, social sanctions are most likely:
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Focused on the criminal's individual circumstances
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Tracy is a woman who rejects the goals defined by society to achieve a big house and lots of money, but she still follows the means and abides by the rules. Merton would classify Tracy as a(n):
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Ritualist
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All of the following are types of suicide described by Durkheim EXCEPT:
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Recidivist
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Which of Durkheim's types of social solidarity characterized premodern life?
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Mechanical
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Sociologists refer to the set of mechanisms that creates compliance to norms as which of the following?
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Social control
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According to Durkheim's research, what is the primary reason that Protestants are more likely to kill themselves than Catholics and Jews?
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Protestantism is premised on the individual, which creates less social integration
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The act of abiding by society's norms is known as which of the following?
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Normative compliance
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Which type of suicide occurs when a person experiences too much social regulation, according to Durkheim?
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Fatalistic
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Which type of social solidarity is based on interdependence because the members of society perform different and specialized functions, according to Durkheim?
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Organic
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What is Merton's theory, which states that we learn society's expected goals and means to achieve them, and when we can't achieve them, we may adapt in a variety of modes?
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Strain theory
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Which theory developed by Cloward and Ohlin (1960) explains that street crime rises and falls in relation to the availability of legitimate economic opportunities?
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Differential opportunity theory
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From Émile Durkheim's functional perspective, deviance in a society:
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Is necessary for a society's survival
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According to Zimbardo's Stanford Prison Experiment, good people can do terrible things depending on their social surroundings and expectations. He calls this:
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The lucifer effect
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Which of the following is true regarding race and the death row population?
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Justice on death row is not color-blind
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Which of the following is Durkheim's primary explanation for why people commit suicide?
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They lack social integration
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Which main sociological theory takes a more micro or close-up look at the individual to explain deviance?
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Symbolic interactionism
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Which type of social solidarity is based on the sameness of the individual parts and people in a society, according to Durkheim?
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Mechanical
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A person who desires a big mansion and the perfect "American Dream" lifestyle, but sells illegal drugs to achieve this, is known by Merton as a(n):
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Innovator
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Which of the following crimes has the most financial impact in the United States today?
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A white-collar crime
