An important aspect of labelling theory is the recognition that some people or groups have the power to define labels and apply them to others This view recalls the emphasis placed on the social significance of power by the______________?

Related Mcqs:

1. Which of the following conducted observation research on two groups of high school males-the Saints and the Roughnecks-and concluded that social class played an important role in the varying fortunes of the two groups ?

   A. Richard Quincy
   B. Edwin Sutherland
   C. Emile Durkheim
   D. William Chambliss

2. Societal Reaction theory begins with the fact that deviation is created by labelling an act as______________?

   A. Inconsistent
   B. Deviant
   C. Normless
   D. None of these

3. The key concept in labelling theory is that of____________________?

   A. stigma
   B. commitment
   C. aspiration
   D. motivation
   E. acceptance

4. Labelling theory came into prominence during which decade of the twentieth century ?

   A. 1950s
   B. 1980s
   C. 1940s
   D. 1960s
   E. 1970s

5. Labelling theory encourages ________ as a way to completely avoid the stigmatization process?

   A. restitution
   B. legalization
   C. radical non-intervention
   D. decriminalization
   E. retribution

6. The theory pictures social movements as operating within a competitive field of movements __ a “social movement industry” ____ within which they compete not least for members and activists Which theory of social movements is this ___________?

   A. new social movement theory
   B. collective behavior theory
   C. social strain theory
   D. resource mobilization theory

7. Prohibiting intermarriage across ethnic groups the physical separation of groups and restrictions on contact between ethnic groups are examples of______________?

   A. resource allocation
   B. ethnocentrism
   C. discrimination
   D. group closure

8. Those aspects of social life that have to do with order, stability and social organization that allow societies and groups to hold together and endure are called______________?

   A. social statics
   B. social dynamics
   C. social absolutes
   D. constructed reality

9. The model minority stereotype of Asian Americans contains an implicit critique of Blacks Hispanics and others for failing to succeed as well as the model minority has Which sociological perspective would view this as yet another instance of blaming the victim ?

   A. functionalist perspective
   B. conflict perspective
   C. interactionist perspective
   D. dramaturgical approach

10. Which sociologist distinguished between significant others and generalized others ?

    A. George Herbert Mead
    B. Charles Horton Cooley
    C. Erving Goffman
    D. W.I Thomas