Related Mcqs:

1. 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

2. 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

3. Robert Merton’s ideas on crime and deviance make use of the concept of anomie. What does anomie mean in Merton’s work ?

   A. Normlessness
   B. meaninglessness
   C. social strain
   D. social adaptation

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. Which of the following statements concerning roles is FALSE ?

   A. A single status may have multiple roles attached to it
   B. A role does not exist in isolation but is integrated with the activities of other people
   C. Roles define duties but only statuses define rights
   D. Groups consist of complexes of interlocking roles

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

   A. Warning
   B. Solidarity
   C. Unification
   D. Authoritarian
   E. Boundary setting

9. 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

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