Social Control and Regulation
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Course Introduction
This course examines the mechanisms, institutions, and practices through which societies maintain order, manage deviance, and regulate individual and collective behaviors. Students explore theoretical perspectives on social control, including formal methods such as laws, policing, and the criminal justice system, as well as informal mechanisms such as norms, values, and socialization. The course also considers the impact of power, inequality, and cultural context on the development and enforcement of social regulations. Through case studies, contemporary issues, and historical examples, students critically assess how social control shapes identities, influences group dynamics, and affects social change.
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Deviance Conformity and Social Control in Canada 5th Edition by Tami M. Bereska
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Chapter 1: Determining Deviance
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Q1) The idea of 'relativism' when looking at norms in society is more common in modern objectivist deviance research then it is in the earlier absolute objectivist research.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Which of the following concepts is located at the extreme "objective" end of the objective-subjective continuum?
A)concept of contextual constructionism
B)concept of an absolute moral order
C)concept of low-consensus deviance
D)concept of radical constructionism
E)concept of social power
Answer: B
Q3) According to the definition of deviance that emphasizes harm, something is "deviant" only if it harms someone else rather than oneself.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Explaining Deviance: The Act
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Q1) Empirical research using the self-control theory has found that low levels of self-control are associated with A)purging.
B)risky sexual behaviour.
C)a greater likelihood of being a victim of crime.
D)spreading rumours about others.
E)low levels of self-control are associated with purging, risky sexual behaviour, a greater likelihood of being a victim of crime, and spreading rumours about others.
Answer: E
Q2) Sutherland's differential association theory proposes that groups we interact with early in life have more of an influence on the learning of deviance than groups we interact with later in life do. This is known as
A)duration.
B)priority.
C)intensity.
D)frequency.
E)primacy.
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Explaining Deviance: The Perception, Reaction, and Power
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Q1) Amy joins an online website that promotes self-empowerment and control through embracing anorexia. This website advocates that Amy should reject the label of deviance and call for the right to be in control of her own body. This website is engaging in which type of deviance?
A)Primary
B)Secondary
C)Tertiary
D)Tagging
E)Deviance Amplification
Answer: C
Q2) According to Austin Turk (1969), the core struggle in society is between those who are in positions of authority and those who are subject to authority.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) According to Foucault (1995), a panoptical society prevents resistance.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Deviance 20: The Role of the Media
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Q1) Garrett was born in 2008. He spends a lot time surfing YouTube to find videos on things that interest him. He rarely considers looking for information in a book because he can google on any device. Garrett does not remember a time without access to the internet. According to media theorists, Garrett is a _____________.
A)millennial
B)cyber-youth
C)digital pirate
D)digital native
E)cyber native
Q2) Sociologists study media because it is a part of our everyday life.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Advertising's main effectiveness is in the fact that:
A)It is everywhere
B)It is impossible to avoid
C)It is able to change attitudes
D)It is believable
E)It is expected
Q4) Describe the five hacker subculture normative orders.
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Chapter 5: Deviant and Normal Sexuality
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Q1) In the early 20<sup>th</sup> century, stereotyped beliefs about the sexuality of black men and Chinese men were part of Emily Murphy's rationale for trying to restrict immigration to Canada.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Describe the three different definitions of pornography addressed in the chapter, and give an example that illustrates each of the definitions.
Q3) Using the various definitions outlined in the textbook, create your own definition of pornography. Include in your definition the concept of harmfulness and social control.
Q4) Which of the following is an example of someone who did not give consent for sexual activity according to the laws of the time?
A)a black woman who had sex with a white man in the 18th century
B)a fourteen-year-old girl with her fifteen-year-old boyfriend
C)a married woman who was forced by her husband in the 70's
D)a man who was forced by a partner in the 90's
E)a 20 year old student with their university professor
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Chapter 6: The Troubling and Troubled World of Youth
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Q1) List three ways that adolescent smoking is socially controlled, and then identify each of those forms of control as (a)formal/informal and (b)preventative/retroactive.
Q2) Describe the social control of youth alcohol use at a formal level. Be sure to address the social control of overall alcohol use among youth, as well as the social control of university binge drinking in particular.
Q3) In his most recent survey of Canadian teenagers, Bibby (2009)found that more teens indicated that family life was "very important" to them than in any of his previous surveys over the past 30 years.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In the mid-20<sup>th</sup> century, researchers found that the most important thing to high school boys was popularity.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Youth who smoke are more likely to use other drugs.
A)True
B)False
Q6) List and describe the five elements of a moral panic.
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Chapter 7: Looking Deviant: Physical Appearance
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Q1) Discuss the various ways in which gender interacts with physical appearance, considering both body modification and perceptions of the "ideal" body size/shape.
Q2) A woman asks for a tattoo of a series of vines along her rib cage and wrapping around her back. The tattoo artist takes time to inform her that this location has a stigma attached to it. When the woman says she is aware and wants to challenge that label, she is engaging in:
A)rejection of social appropriateness
B)secondary deviance
C)tertiary deviance
D)inciting a moral panic
E)self-fulfilling prophesy
Q3) Negative reactions to women with tattoos exist in the following populations:
A)women without tattoos, if the tattoo is large
B)women with tattoos, if the tattoo is highly visible
C)men without tattoos, if the tattoo is small
D)men with tattoos, if the tattoo highly visible
E)negative reactions to women with tattoos exist in all of populations described above
Q4) Discuss the consequences of socially controlling body image.
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Chapter 8: Mental Disorders
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Q1) Although new forms of treatment are continually being developed, effective treatments for mental illness are still only able to help less than half of people with depression or schizophrenia.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Apply the three components of the social typing process to the medicalization of mental illness.
Q3) As of 2006, Canada was the only G8 nation to lack a national mental health policy.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Describe the process of reinstitutionalization, and explain why it is occurring.
Q5) Rosenhan's suggestion that the 'tag' of "mentally ill" determined how psychiatric staff interacted with the pseudo-patients in his study, illustrates __________ theory.
A)labelling
B)general strain
C)social bonds
D)pluralist conflict
E)power-reflexive
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Chapter 9: What Do You Believe Religion, Science, and Deviance
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Q1) Historically and today, scientists are able to support their claims to evolutionary differences among the races using real science.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The horrors of Nazi Germany led the Canadian federal government and provincial governments to immediately halt their eugenics programs.
A)True
B)False
Q3) When a science's belief system and/or technologies are significantly called into question as a whole, __________ exists.
A)a deviant science
B)deviance in science
C)trimming
D)cooking
E)forging
Q4) Scientific misconduct occurs more frequently in biomedical fields.
A)True
B)False
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Q5) Distinguish among the characteristics of ecclesia, churches, sects, and cults.
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Chapter 10: The Deviance Dance Continues
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Q1) Formal and informal social control measures are part of the __________ component of the social typing process.
A)evaluation
B)Prescription
C)Description
D)Tagging
E)Dramaturgical
Q2) Based on what you have learned in this course, has your opinion of who/what is "deviant" changed or remained the same? Explain your answer.
Q3) Which of the following are themes that are shared among the various human rights documents found throughout the world?
A)human dignity; security of personal and property; freedom from poverty
B)human dignity; freedom from poverty; right to education
C)security of person and property; right to education; freedom from poverty
D)human dignity; security of person and property; freedom from discrimination
E)freedom from discrimination; right to education; security of person and property
Q4) Give three examples of how perceptions of deviance change over time.
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