The rise in patriotism following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, is an example of what function of deviance ?

Related Mcqs:

1. The al-Qaeda claimed responsibility for the attacks on American targets on 11th September 2001 In what year did al-Qaeda bomb a nightclub on the Indonesian island of Bali Killing more than 200 people ?

   A. 1999
   B. 2004
   C. 2004
   D. 2002

2. Which of the following statements about crime and deviance is false ?

   A. the concept of ‘deviance’ is much broader than ‘crime’
   B. deviance and crime very often overlap
   C. the concept of deviance can be applied to individuals and groups
   D. deviance is normally sanctioned by law

3. Which of the following statements is true according to the sociological study of deviance ?

   A. Deviant behavior is an anomaly in social life
   B. Deviance is a property conferred upon particular behaviors by social definitions
   C. Deviance exists independently of a culture’s norms
   D. none of the above

4. Sociological definitions of deviance consist of behaviors, beliefs, and_______________?

   A. attributes
   B. realities
   C. Choices
   D. records
   E. Conditions

5. Sutherland’s Differential Association theory emphasizes that crime and deviance are basically______________?

   A. due to poor parenting
   B. learned
   C. psychotic
   D. biological
   E. the result of being labelled

6. Which approach framed their analysis of crime and deviance in terms of this preservation of power by the ruling class ?

   A. New Left Realism
   B. Right Realism
   C. new criminology
   D. interactionism

7. The of “who defines deviance” has principally been addressed by what sociological theory ?

   A. Differential Association
   B. Conflict
   C. Positivism
   D. Social Control
   E. Functionalism

8. Conflict theory’s primary suggestion for reducing crime and deviance involves the_____________?

   A. Substantial reduction of economic inequality
   B. Subordination of the agents of social control
   C. redefinition of acts that are currently defined as criminal
   D. amelioration of social welfare activities
   E. repression of lower-class gang activities

9. What sociological theory of crime and deviance emphasizes sub-cultural belief systems as a major contributor to crime ?

   A. Social Control theory
   B. Anomie theory
   C. Lower Class Focal Value theory
   D. Social Process theory
   E. Strain theory

10. Which approach holds that deviance is not a feature of a group or individual but a process of interaction through which one group becomes defined as deviant ?

    A. labelling theory
    B. control theory
    C. functionalist theory
    D. conflict theory