Question 1

According to Merton, latent function refers to ______.

Accepted Answer

A) Unintended consequences of a social process 
B) Undesirable consequences of a social process 
C) Intended and recognized activity of a social process 
D) Unintended benefits of a social process 
A) Unintended consequences of a social process 
B) Undesirable consequences of a social process 
C) Intended and recognized activity of a social process 
D) Unintended benefits of a social process A

Question 2

According to Merton, _____ is the universal cultural goal in U.S.society.

Accepted Answer

A) Monetary success 
B) Ethical excellence 
C) Educational success 
D) Loving peace 
A) Monetary success 
B) Ethical excellence 
C) Educational success 
D) Loving peace A

Question 3

Merton's concept of anomie ______.

Accepted Answer

A) Sees social structure and inequality as an important source of deviance 
B) Sees negative experiences and perceptions as an important source of deviance 
C) Sees the abuse of power as an important source of deviance 
D) Sees youth interaction as an important source of deviance 
A) Sees social structure and inequality as an important source of deviance 
B) Sees negative experiences and perceptions as an important source of deviance 
C) Sees the abuse of power as an important source of deviance 
D) Sees youth interaction as an important source of deviance A

Question 4

Robert Merton argues that deviance is a product of anomie in society.What does he mean by this? Please use an example-other than a drug dealer or gang member-to explain what Merton means by deviant behavior being a product of anomie in society.

Accepted Answer

Robert Merton's theory of anomie suggest

Question 5

Merton's theory of anomie posits that ______.

Accepted Answer

A) There isn't a universal cultural goal in society 
B) Legitimate means to obtain goals is available to all 
C) Social stratification is unrelated to deviance 
D) Deviance is caused by the discrepancy between the lack of legitimate means and the pursuit of the cultural goal of success 
A) There isn't a universal cultural goal in society 
B) Legitimate means to obtain goals is available to all 
C) Social stratification is unrelated to deviance 
D) Deviance is caused by the discrepancy between the lack of legitimate means and the pursuit of the cultural goal of success

Question 6

According to Merton, dysfunction ______.

Accepted Answer

A) Is not usually overtly recognized by society 
B) Can lead to social disorganization 
C) Is recognized as the purpose of the process 
D) All of the above 
A) Is not usually overtly recognized by society 
B) Can lead to social disorganization 
C) Is recognized as the purpose of the process 
D) All of the above

Question 7

According to Merton, alcoholics and drug addicts should be classified as ______.

Accepted Answer

A) Retreaters 
B) Innovators 
C) Conformists 
D) Ritualists 
A) Retreaters 
B) Innovators 
C) Conformists 
D) Ritualists

Question 8

According to Merton, ritualists are ______.

Accepted Answer

A) People who conform to cultural goals and use illegitimate means to achieve these goals 
B) People who abandon success but still use legitimate means 
C) People who conform to cultural goals and use legitimate means to achieve these goals 
D) People who withdraw from society and don't care about means and goals 
A) People who conform to cultural goals and use illegitimate means to achieve these goals 
B) People who abandon success but still use legitimate means 
C) People who conform to cultural goals and use legitimate means to achieve these goals 
D) People who withdraw from society and don't care about means and goals

Question 9

According to Merton, ____are more likely to engage in deviant behaviors.

Accepted Answer

A) Retreaters 
B) Innovators 
C) Conformists 
D) Ritualists 
A) Retreaters 
B) Innovators 
C) Conformists 
D) Ritualists

Exam 6: Social Structure and Anomie, Robert Merton

According to Merton, latent function refers to ______.

According to Merton, _____ is the universal cultural goal in U.S.society.

Merton's concept of anomie ______.

Robert Merton argues that deviance is a product of anomie in society.What does he mean by this? Please use an example-other than a drug dealer or gang member-to explain what Merton means by deviant behavior being a product of anomie in society.

Merton's theory of anomie posits that ______.

According to Merton, dysfunction ______.

According to Merton, alcoholics and drug addicts should be classified as ______.

According to Merton, ritualists are ______.

According to Merton, ____are more likely to engage in deviant behaviors.

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Notes on the Sociology of Deviance, Kai Terikson

Definitions of Deviance and Deviance and the Responses of Others From Outsiders, Howard Sbecker

Defining Deviance Down, Daniel Moynihan

Onnections: Definitions of Deviance and the Case of Underage Drinking and Drunk Driving, Tammy Landerson,

Homeboys, New Jacks, and Anomie, John Mhagedorn

A General Strain Theory of Community Differences in Crime Rates, Robert Agnew

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Introduction and Growth of Chicago and Differentiation of Local Areas From Juvenile Delinquency and Urban Areas, Clifford Rshaw and Henry Dmcka

Collective Efficacy Theory: Lessons Learned and Directions for Future Inquiry, Robert Jsampson

The Urban Ecology of Bias Crime: A Study of Disorganized and Defended Neighborhoods, Ryken Gratte

Connections: The Prison Community From a Social Disorganization and Collective Efficacy Perspective, Lori Sexton

Social Pathology: A Systematic Approach to the Theory of Sociopathic Behavior, Edwin Lemert

Whatever Happened to Social Pathology Conceptual Fashions and the Sociology of Deviance, Joel Best

The Shifting Engines of Medicalization, Peter Conrad

Connections: Mental Illness As Degeneracy and Disease, Victor Perez

Beyond Mead: The Societal Reaction to Deviance, Edwin Wlemert

Edgework: A Social Psychological Analysis of Voluntary Risk Taking, Stephen Lyng

Resistance As Edgework in Violent Intimate Relationships of Drug-Involved Women, Rajah Valli

Connections: Labeling, Resistance and Edgework Through Parkour, John Jbrent,

Stigma and Social Identity From Stigma, Erving Goffman

Why Do People Get Tattoos, Miliann Kang and Katherine Jones

Big Handsome Men, Bears and Others: Virtual Constructions of Fat Male Embodiment, Lee Fmonaghan

Onnections: Explaining Body Deviance With Stigma and Carnival of the Grotesque, David Lane

Kinds of Deviance: A Sequential Model From Outsiders, Howard Sbecker

Crime and Deviance in the Lifecourse, Robert Sampson and John Laub

Weighing the Consequences of a Deviant Career: Factors Leading to an Exit From Prostitution, Sharon Oselin

Connections: Understanding Street Prostitution From Deviant Career and Life-Course Criminology Perspectives, Emily Bonistall and Kevin Ralston

Eviance and Moral Panics From Folk Devils and Moral Panics, Stanley Cohen

Moral Panics: Culture, Politics, and Social Construction, Erich Goode and Nachman Ben-Yehuda

Moral Panic Versus the Risk Society: the Implications of the Changing Sites of Social Anxiety, Sheldon Ungar

Connections: Amoral Panics and Risk in Contemporary Drug and Viral Pandemic Claims, Philip Rkavanaugh and Rjmaratea,

Child Saving Movement in Illinois From the Child Savers: the Invention of Delinquency, Anthony Mplatt

The Hyper-Criminalization of Black and Latino Male Youth in the Era of Mass Incarceration, Victor Rios

Reforming Education Through Crime From Governing Through Crime, Jonathan Simon

Connections: The Social Control of Youth Across Institutional Spheres, Aaron Kupchik

Coming Out All Over: Deviants and the Politics of Social Problems, John Ikitsuse

There Goes the Gayborhood, Amin Ghaziani

Queer Presences and Absences: Citizenship, Community, Diversityor Death, Yvette Taylor

Connections: Hiv and Bug Chasers Across Queer Collectives, Holly Swan and Laura Monico

Deviance As Resistance

The Battle of Los Angeles

I Was Aggressive for the Streets, Pretty for the Pictures

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The Medicalization of Unhappiness, Ronald Wdworkin

Civilizing Technologies and the Control of Deviance, Scott Vrecko

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