Question 1

Which influential thinkers argued that society is divided into two classes: the rulers and the ruled?

Accepted Answer

A)  Plato and Aristotle 
B)  Marx and Engels 
C)  Durkheim and Rawls 
D)  Hobbes and Locke 
A)  Plato and Aristotle 
B)  Marx and Engels 
C)  Durkheim and Rawls 
D)  Hobbes and Locke B

Question 2

Norms that have serious moral connotations are known as:

Accepted Answer

A)  beliefs 
B)  mores 
C)  values 
D)  folkways 
A)  beliefs 
B)  mores 
C)  values 
D)  folkways B

Question 3

Conservatives view fairness as an equal-opportunity:

Accepted Answer

A)  law 
B)  outcome 
C)  process 
D)  rules 
A)  law 
B)  outcome 
C)  process 
D)  rules C

Question 4

Values are basically the same across cultures and time.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The word law itself has come from a variety of Latin and Nordic words meaning "to bind" (people together).

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

A norm is a law that is not criminal in nature.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Aristotle considered humans to be a selfish lot concerned only with their own interests.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The conflict and consensus models are examples of what sociologists call:

Accepted Answer

A)  ideal types 
B)  rules 
C)  competing societal values 
D)  concrete types 
A)  ideal types 
B)  rules 
C)  competing societal values 
D)  concrete types

Question 9

Shared ______________ are an important binding force in culture and an important integrative mechanism that combines the disparate parts of our personalities into a coherent self-concept.

Accepted Answer

A)  beliefs 
B)  norms 
C)  values 
D)  symbols 
A)  beliefs 
B)  norms 
C)  values 
D)  symbols

Question 10

Language is a vast repository of information about culture and is in effect the "storehouse of culture."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

According to Max Weber (1905/1978), which of the following is one of the fundamental ways in which law if different from other kinds of rule-following behavior?

Accepted Answer

A)  regardless of whether or not persons want to and habitually do or do not obey the law, they face external pressures to do so 
B)  external pressures involve the threat of coercion and force 
C)  threats are carried out by agents of the state charged with that specific duty 
D)  all of the above 
A)  regardless of whether or not persons want to and habitually do or do not obey the law, they face external pressures to do so 
B)  external pressures involve the threat of coercion and force 
C)  threats are carried out by agents of the state charged with that specific duty 
D)  all of the above

Question 12

Which of Weber's legal decision-making typologies is based on case-by-case political, religious, or emotional reactions on the part of a nonlegally trained person acting without a set of legal principles?

Accepted Answer

A)  substantive irrationality 
B)  substantive rationality 
C)  formal rationality 
D)  formal irrationality 
A)  substantive irrationality 
B)  substantive rationality 
C)  formal rationality 
D)  formal irrationality

Question 13

According to Durkheim, in nonindustrial societies, social relations were based mostly on ____________ group interactions.

Accepted Answer

A)  secondary 
B)  tertiary 
C)  primary 
D)  collective 
A)  secondary 
B)  tertiary 
C)  primary 
D)  collective

Question 14

What is defined as a written body of general rules of conduct applicable to all members of a defined community, society, or culture, which emanate from a governing authority and which are enforced by its agents through the imposition of penalties for their violation?

Accepted Answer

A)  beliefs 
B)  law 
C)  values 
D)  norms 
A)  beliefs 
B)  law 
C)  values 
D)  norms

Question 15

Durkheim defined natural law as the degree to which people feel an emotional sense of belonging to their groups.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Culture is:

Accepted Answer

A)  composed of ideas and values 
B)  learned and socially transmitted behaviors 
C)  the totality of learned, socially transmitted behaviors, ideas, values, customs, artifacts, and technology of groups of people living in a common society 
D)  the totality of learned, socially transmitted behaviors, ideas, values, and customs; but not the artifacts and technology of groups of people living in a common society 
A)  composed of ideas and values 
B)  learned and socially transmitted behaviors 
C)  the totality of learned, socially transmitted behaviors, ideas, values, customs, artifacts, and technology of groups of people living in a common society 
D)  the totality of learned, socially transmitted behaviors, ideas, values, and customs; but not the artifacts and technology of groups of people living in a common society

Question 17

Aristotle was a famous philosopher:

Accepted Answer

A)  and contemporary of Karl Marx 
B)  who favored a system of government in which the rulers would be subservient to the law 
C)  who favored the concept of a "philosopher king" 
D)  who was anti-utilitarian 
A)  and contemporary of Karl Marx 
B)  who favored a system of government in which the rulers would be subservient to the law 
C)  who favored the concept of a "philosopher king" 
D)  who was anti-utilitarian

Question 18

For John Locke:

Accepted Answer

A)  human beings enjoy freedom and independence in the prepolitical state of nature 
B)  human beings have to surrender their liberty to live in a political state 
C)  government needs to restrain individuals to prevent chaos in society 
D)  he had little influence on the Framers of the U.S. Constitution 
A)  human beings enjoy freedom and independence in the prepolitical state of nature 
B)  human beings have to surrender their liberty to live in a political state 
C)  government needs to restrain individuals to prevent chaos in society 
D)  he had little influence on the Framers of the U.S. Constitution

Question 19

Which philosopher argued the state was virtuous?

Accepted Answer

A)  Plato 
B)  Rawls 
C)  Hobbes 
D)  Locke 
A)  Plato 
B)  Rawls 
C)  Hobbes 
D)  Locke

Question 20

Which philosopher argued that only through the state could the behavior of the citizenry be regulated?

Accepted Answer

A)  Aristotle 
B)  Locke 
C)  Plato 
D)  Hobbes 
A)  Aristotle 
B)  Locke 
C)  Plato 
D)  Hobbes

Which influential thinkers argued that society is divided into two classes: the rulers and the ruled?

Norms that have serious moral connotations are known as:

Conservatives view fairness as an equal-opportunity:

Values are basically the same across cultures and time.

The word law itself has come from a variety of Latin and Nordic words meaning "to bind" (people together).

A norm is a law that is not criminal in nature.

Aristotle considered humans to be a selfish lot concerned only with their own interests.

The conflict and consensus models are examples of what sociologists call:

Shared ______________ are an important binding force in culture and an important integrative mechanism that combines the disparate parts of our personalities into a coherent self-concept.

Language is a vast repository of information about culture and is in effect the "storehouse of culture."

According to Max Weber (1905/1978), which of the following is one of the fundamental ways in which law if different from other kinds of rule-following behavior?

Which of Weber's legal decision-making typologies is based on case-by-case political, religious, or emotional reactions on the part of a nonlegally trained person acting without a set of legal principles?

According to Durkheim, in nonindustrial societies, social relations were based mostly on ____________ group interactions.

What is defined as a written body of general rules of conduct applicable to all members of a defined community, society, or culture, which emanate from a governing authority and which are enforced by its agents through the imposition of penalties for their violation?

Durkheim defined natural law as the degree to which people feel an emotional sense of belonging to their groups.

Culture is:

Aristotle was a famous philosopher:

For John Locke:

Which philosopher argued the state was virtuous?

Which philosopher argued that only through the state could the behavior of the citizenry be regulated?

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Exam 1: Law: Its Function and Purpose

Which influential thinkers argued that society is divided into two classes: the rulers and the ruled?

Norms that have serious moral connotations are known as:

Conservatives view fairness as an equal-opportunity:

Values are basically the same across cultures and time.

The word law itself has come from a variety of Latin and Nordic words meaning "to bind" (people together).

A norm is a law that is not criminal in nature.

Aristotle considered humans to be a selfish lot concerned only with their own interests.

The conflict and consensus models are examples of what sociologists call:

Shared ______________ are an important binding force in culture and an important integrative mechanism that combines the disparate parts of our personalities into a coherent self-concept.

Language is a vast repository of information about culture and is in effect the "storehouse of culture."

According to Max Weber (1905/1978), which of the following is one of the fundamental ways in which law if different from other kinds of rule-following behavior?

Which of Weber's legal decision-making typologies is based on case-by-case political, religious, or emotional reactions on the part of a nonlegally trained person acting without a set of legal principles?

According to Durkheim, in nonindustrial societies, social relations were based mostly on ____________ group interactions.

What is defined as a written body of general rules of conduct applicable to all members of a defined community, society, or culture, which emanate from a governing authority and which are enforced by its agents through the imposition of penalties for their violation?

Durkheim defined natural law as the degree to which people feel an emotional sense of belonging to their groups.

Culture is:

Aristotle was a famous philosopher:

For John Locke:

Which philosopher argued the state was virtuous?

Which philosopher argued that only through the state could the behavior of the citizenry be regulated?

Justice and the Law

Making Law

Federal and State Courts

Crime and Criminal Law

Criminal Procedure

Civil and Administrative Law

Juvenile Justice

The Law and Social Control

The Limits of Social Control: Policing Vice

Law, Social Change, and the Class Struggle

Women and the Law by Mary K Stohr

Racial Minorities and the Law

Comparative Law: Law in Other Cultures

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