Question 1

Feminist theorizing is done from outside of the dominant theoretical perspectives
within sociology, but also from within the dominant theoretical perspectives.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Robinson (2008) found that anarchist groups have responded to living in a
Panoptical society by

Accepted Answer

A)  the increased use of CCTVs. 
B)  using the media to communicate their ideology to more people. 
C)  greater integration with the outside world. 
D)  creating a "security culture." 
E)  tertiary deviance.

Question 3

What changes have occurred in advanced capitalist societies since the end of World War II, according to postmodern theorists?

Accepted Answer

A)  politics has become a commercial activity 
B)  products have replaced symbols and culture as the centre of the economy 
C)  people have become citizens rather than consumers 
D)  there has been the "growth of the individual" 
E)  people have become more politically active

Question 4

Although there is some disagreement about what postmodern theory actually is,
diverse postmodern theories are all broadly based on the notion of rejection.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Sandi has been smoking marijuana for a few months. One day, the thought
Suddenly occurs to her that she is now one of those "potheads" that she used to
Make fun of. Within the model of the deviant career, Sandi has just encountered a

Accepted Answer

A)  crisis moment. 
B)  career contingency. 
C)  time-lag contingency. 
D)  directive norm. 
E)  "tag".

Question 6

Which of the following concepts does Tannenbaum (1938) say accompanies the dramatization of evil?

Accepted Answer

A)  primary deviance 
B)  secondary deviance 
C)  tertiary deviance 
D)  tagging 
E)  dramaturgy

Question 7

Which of the following concepts can be applied to the process by which an
Individual is caught at deviance and then becomes excluded from mainstream
Social life?

Accepted Answer

A)  labelling 
B)  tagging 
C)  stigmatization 
D)  dramatization of evil 
E)  all of the concepts listed above apply to this process

Question 8

Although labelling theory suggests a person's identity changes as a result of being labeled, the notion of the dramatization of evil maintains that identity remains stable.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Karl is caught spray-painting graffiti on a dumpster. After being put on probation, he becomes an outsider at school. His old friends won't hang out with him anymore, and over time, he decides that if everyone thinks that he is a bad guy, then he might as well act like a bad guy. He starts skipping school, hanging out with a bad crowd, and doing drugs. Which of the following concepts describes the life he has developed?

Accepted Answer

A)  tertiary deviance 
B)  primary deviance 
C)  secondary deviance 
D)  evolutionary deviance 
E)  processual deviance

Question 10

What are the assumptions of instrumental Marxists?

Accepted Answer

A)  members of the bourgeoisie may be subject to a deviant label 
B)  a deviant label is used to control the proletariat 
C)  social rules are created by the powerful to protect the capitalist economic system, rather than to protect individual capitalists 
D)  social rules are created by the proletariat 
E)  all of the statements listed above are assumptions of instrumental Marxists

Question 11

The concept of the deviant career refers to those people who make their living through deviance (e.g. by selling stolen cars).

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

From the perspective of symbolic interactionism, which of the following is an
Example of symbolic communication?

Accepted Answer

A)  language 
B)  clothing 
C)  facial expressions 
D)  gestures 
E)  symbolic communication occurs through language, clothing, facial expressions, and gestures

Question 13

Which of the following theories is based upon an emancipatory foundation?

Accepted Answer

A)  conflict theories 
B)  interpretive theories 
C)  social control theories 
D)  strain theories 
E)  conflict theories and interpretive theories

Question 14

Of the following theories, which one is not a critical theory?

Accepted Answer

A)  Marxist theories 
B)  feminist theories 
C)  postmodernist theories 
D)  non-Marxist conflict theories 
E)  all of the above are critical theories

Question 15

Which of the following factors is not included in Solivetti's (2003) attempt to explain the growing problem of drug addiction in urban areas of Italy?

Accepted Answer

A)  chronic unemployment 
B)  lower levels of education 
C)  gap between achievements and the characteristics of the community 
D)  higher levels of individualism 
E)  lower socioeconomic classes

Question 16

Feminist theories are critical of mainstream theories for

Accepted Answer

A)  implicitly assuming that the male experience can be generalized to understanding the female experience. 
B)  ignoring women. 
C)  treating women as the Other that stands in contrast to the normative male standard. 
D)  explicitly assuming that the male experience can be generalized to understanding the female experience. 
E)  a variety of reasons, including all of those listed above.

Question 17

Explain why deviance specialists that lean toward the more subjective end of the objective-subjective continuum find interpretive theories and critical theories to be the most useful in their analyses.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Explain why deviance specialists that lean toward...

Question 18

Marxism serves as the foundation for the other interpretive theories of deviance.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Power-reflexive theories suggest that all claims to knowledge are embedded
within relations of power.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Using Goffman's (1959) notion of dramaturgy, in which of the following
Instances will impression management be particularly difficult?

Accepted Answer

A)  Jinan has been assigned the role of "genius" by others 
B)  Jim has been assigned the role of "delinquent" by others 
C)  Erika has been assigned the role of "dancer" by others 
D)  Roz has been assigned the role of "corporate executive" by others 
E)  Goffman's work indicates that impression management is equally difficult with any type of role

Exam 3: Explaining Deviance: The Perception, Reaction, and Power

Feminist theorizing is done from outside of the dominant theoretical perspectives within sociology, but also from within the dominant theoretical perspectives.

Robinson (2008) found that anarchist groups have responded to living in a Panoptical society by

What changes have occurred in advanced capitalist societies since the end of World War II, according to postmodern theorists?

Although there is some disagreement about what postmodern theory actually is, diverse postmodern theories are all broadly based on the notion of rejection.

Sandi has been smoking marijuana for a few months. One day, the thought Suddenly occurs to her that she is now one of those "potheads" that she used to Make fun of. Within the model of the deviant career, Sandi has just encountered a

Which of the following concepts does Tannenbaum (1938) say accompanies the dramatization of evil?

Which of the following concepts can be applied to the process by which an Individual is caught at deviance and then becomes excluded from mainstream Social life?

Although labelling theory suggests a person's identity changes as a result of being labeled, the notion of the dramatization of evil maintains that identity remains stable.

What are the assumptions of instrumental Marxists?

The concept of the deviant career refers to those people who make their living through deviance (e.g. by selling stolen cars).

From the perspective of symbolic interactionism, which of the following is an Example of symbolic communication?

Which of the following theories is based upon an emancipatory foundation?

Of the following theories, which one is not a critical theory?

Which of the following factors is not included in Solivetti's (2003) attempt to explain the growing problem of drug addiction in urban areas of Italy?

Feminist theories are critical of mainstream theories for

Explain why deviance specialists that lean toward the more subjective end of the objective-subjective continuum find interpretive theories and critical theories to be the most useful in their analyses.

Marxism serves as the foundation for the other interpretive theories of deviance.

Power-reflexive theories suggest that all claims to knowledge are embedded within relations of power.

Using Goffman's (1959) notion of dramaturgy, in which of the following Instances will impression management be particularly difficult?