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Deviance and Social Control

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Intro to Sociology - Module 3

Intro to Sociology - Module 3

Pregunta 1 de 20

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Ally's father was sent to prison when she was 12 for the trafficking of narcotics; her brother was arrested when she was 13 for possession of methamphetamines. By the age of 18, Ally has been arrested three ties for possession of marijuana. Which theory best describes Ally's experience?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Differential association theory

  • Strain theory

  • Labeling theory

  • Opaque theory

Explicación

Pregunta 2 de 20

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There term deviance can be defines as:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • A violation of established contextual cultural, or social norms, whether folkways, mores, or codified law.

  • The act of notifying authorities when criminal acts are occurring.

  • The regulation and enforcement of norms.

  • Bad people acting badly.

Explicación

Pregunta 3 de 20

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What is the difference between a violent crime and a hate crime?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • A violent crome is based on a person's race, religion, or other characteristics.

  • A violent crime is punishable in court of law; a hate crime is not.

  • A hate crime is punishable in a court of law; a violent crime is not.

  • A hate crime is based on a person's race, religion, or other characteristics.

Explicación

Pregunta 4 de 20

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Jake receives a promotion at his law firm after winning an important case. This is an example of a:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Positive informal sanction

  • Negative informal sanction

  • Positive formal sanction

  • Negative formal sanction

Explicación

Pregunta 5 de 20

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Which theorist studies the power elite, and the influence they has over society?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Karl Marx

  • Carl Sagon

  • C. Wright Mills

  • Émile Durkheim

Explicación

Pregunta 6 de 20

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The term secondary deviance can be defined as:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • When positive formal sanctions cause an individual to deviate from society's expectations.

  • When a violation of norms does not result in any long-term effects on the individual's self-image or interactions with others.

  • When negative informal sanctions encourage an individual to seek more positive behavioral choices.

  • When a person's self-concept and behavior begin to change after his or her actions are labeled as deviant by members of society.

Explicación

Pregunta 7 de 20

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Social control is:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • An arrangement of practices and behaviors on which society's members base their daily lives.

  • A system that has the authority to make decisions based on law.

  • A label that describes the chief characteristic of an individual.

  • The regulation and enforcement of norms.

Explicación

Pregunta 8 de 20

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In first grade, Scott is unfairly singled out by his teacher for bad behavior, partly because his older brother had behavioral problems themselves. Throughout grade school, Scott gains a reputation as a "problem" child. Scott eventually drops out of school, thinking he was born to fail anyway. Which school of thought best fits Scott's experience?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Strain theory

  • Control theory

  • Differential association

  • Labeling theory

Explicación

Pregunta 9 de 20

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Bernie Madoff, recently sentenced to 150 years in prison for creating a Ponzi scheme which caused clients to lose millions of dollars, engaged in which form of crime?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Street crime

  • Corporate crime

  • Violent crome

  • Institutional crime

Explicación

Pregunta 10 de 20

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True o False: Deviance is always considered a crime?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • True

  • False

Explicación

Pregunta 11 de 20

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E-readiness can be defined as:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • the ability to sort through, interpret, and process digital knowledge.

  • the application of science to solve problems in daily life.

  • the virtual experience offered by leading educational institutions.

  • the electronic waste created by consumers.

Explicación

Pregunta 12 de 20

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Which of the following is an example of planned obsolesce?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Evangeline refuses to purchase a Droid of an iPhone because her Razor phone has been in perfect shape for the past 6 years.

  • Target offers a "buy two, get one free" sale on Blue Ray discs.

  • Sarah's iPod breaks just as the newest iPod Nano is being introduced.

  • Jerome spills coffee on his MacBook, and it ruins the keyboard.

Explicación

Pregunta 13 de 20

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The term technological diffusion is defined as:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • The spread of technology across borders.

  • The global lack of access to online media.

  • The breakdown of communication between technological innovators and the general public.

  • Companies who offer free computers and smart phones to low income families.

Explicación

Pregunta 14 de 20

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Which sociological perspective sees technology and media as a tool individuals use to express how much wealth they have?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Functionalist

  • Cyberfeminist

  • Symbolic Interactionist

  • Conflict

Explicación

Pregunta 15 de 20

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How has advertising revenue significantly changed in the past few years?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Newspaper advertising revenue has greatly increased, while online advertising revenue has fallen.

  • Cable and online revenue have remained greatly unchanged, while newspaper and magazine advertising have fallen greatly.

  • Magazine revenue has risen steadily, while online and newspaper revenue has fallen dramatically.

  • Online advertising revenue has fallen slightly, while newspaper advertising revenue has increased greatly.

Explicación

Pregunta 16 de 20

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The term media globalization can be defined as:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • The cross-cultural development and exchange of computer hardware.

  • The governmental sanction allowing worldwide access to media education.

  • The inability of geographically rural areas to access new media.

  • The worldwide integration of media through the cross-cultural exchange of ideas.

Explicación

Pregunta 17 de 20

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Susan has the newest iPhone, iPad, iPod, and Mac. When a new apple product is released, Susan stands in line for hours to be the first to buy it. Susan is a(n):

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Republican

  • Technophile

  • PC person

  • Neo-Luddite

Explicación

Pregunta 18 de 20

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Which theorist would be most interested in who controls the media, and the ways in which the dominant race and class minimizes the media presence of the lower classes and other races?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • A conflict theorist

  • A symbolic Interactionist

  • A cyber feminist

  • A functionalist

Explicación

Pregunta 19 de 20

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What is a negative risk of media globalization?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Social media spreading awareness about social causes.

  • Accessible technology being made available to remote societies.

  • The spread of computer literacy.

  • Government censoring information for their benefit.

Explicación

Pregunta 20 de 20

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Today, the majority of mass-media outlets are owned by six corporations. This is a product of ______.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Cyberfeminism

  • Media globalization

  • Technological imbalance

  • Corporate isolation

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