Sociology 101: Deviance And Social Control Quiz!
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- 1.Violations of social norms that offend a large number of people or people in a position to influence social judgment.
- A.
Deviance
- B.
Conformity
- C.
Social control
- D.
Pure deviant
- E.
None of the above
- 2.Behavior and appearances that follow and maintain the standards of a group.
- A.
Deviance
- B.
Pure deviant
- C.
Informal social control
- D.
Conformity
- E.
Social differentiation
- 3.Any and all efforts to prevent and/or correct deviant behavior:
- A.
Formal social control
- B.
Informal social control
- C.
Social control
- D.
Secret deviant
- 4.Subtle, unofficial pressures to conform to society's norms and values:
- A.
Deviance
- B.
Pure deviant
- C.
Informal social control
- D.
Formal social control
- E.
A and b
- 5.Are institutionalized, codified public mechanisms to society's norms and values:
- A.
Formal social control
- B.
Informal social control
- C.
Social control
- D.
Secret deviant
- E.
Falsely accused
- 6.People who have broken the rules, but whose violation goes unnoticed, or, if it is noticed, no one reacts to enforce the law or proper norms:
- A.
Secret deviant
- B.
Pure deviant
- C.
Falsely accused
- D.
Formal social contol
- E.
C and d
- 7.People who have not broken rules, but who are treated as if they have done so:
- A.
Moral entrepreneurs
- B.
Anomie theory
- C.
Falsely accused
- D.
B and d
- E.
C and d
- 8.A condition of normlessness or loss of accepted social rules within a society:
- A.
Anomie theory
- B.
Cultural inegration
- C.
Cultural integration
- D.
Availability of illegitimate opportunities
- E.
Labeling theory
- 9.The extent to which each different parts of culture fit well and support one another:
- A.
Availability of illegitimate opportunities
- B.
Labeling
- C.
All of the above
- D.
Cultural integration
- E.
A and d
- 10.Culturally valued goals defined as legitimate for all members of society have proscribed norms and achieving those culturally valued goals are limited.
- A.
Falsely accused
- B.
Structural strain theory
- C.
Secret deviant
- D.
C and 3
- E.
E and b
- 11.Deviance occurs as a result of the opportunities to deviate:
- A.
Labeling theory
- B.
Anomie theory
- C.
Moral entrepreneurs
- D.
Structural strain theory
- E.
Availabilty of illigitimate opportunities
- 12.The view that deviance is an interactive whereby a society or a group within a society or a group within a society, define certain behavior or deviant:
- A.
Conform
- B.
Deviant
- C.
Labeling ttheory
- D.
A and b
- E.
All ove the above
- 13.People who make it their business to see that offenses are recognized and offenders are treated as such:
- A.
Labelin theory
- B.
Anomie theory
- C.
Moral enteprenur
- D.
A and c
- 14.People who have broken rules, but whose violation goes unnoticed, or if it is noticed, no one reacts t enforce the law or proper norms:
- A.
Sercret deviant
- B.
Deviant
- C.
Falsely accused
- D.
Control theory
- E.
No answer
- 15.Deviance is most likely to occur when the bond between the individual and society is weak or non-existent:
- A.
Boundry maintenance
- B.
Differential association
- C.
Assimilation
- D.
Control theory
- E.
Neutralization
- 16.Rationalizing or making excuses for their deviance in ways that both relieve the feelings of guilt of the individual and turn aside from other people's expressions of disapproval.
- A.
Boundery maintenance
- B.
Pure devince
- C.
Falsely accused
- D.
Neutralalization
- E.
C and d
- 17.Learning of deviant behavior through exposure to predominantly deviant values or to situations that reward criminal (deviant) behavior.
- A.
Differential association
- B.
Neutralization
- C.
Boundry maintenance
- D.
Formal social theory
- E.
B and c
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