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Social Psychology Exam Preparation Guide
Social Psychology explores the scientific study of how individuals think, feel, and behave in social contexts. This course examines classic and contemporary theories, research methods, and key concepts related to topics such as social perception, group dynamics, attitudes and persuasion, conformity, prejudice, interpersonal relationships, and the influence of culture on behavior. Through the integration of real-world examples, empirical studies, and class discussions, students gain a deeper understanding of how social forces shape human behavior and how individuals impact one another within diverse social environments.
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Deviant Behavior 12th Edition by Alex Thio
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Chapter 1: What Is Deviant Behavior
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Q1) A new gang has been connected to a string of crimes such as murder,rape,and armed robbery.These serious types of deviant behavior are more likely to catch the attention of
A)subjectivists
B)relativists
C)constructionists
D)positivists
Answer: D
Q2) One problem positivist sociological researchers face that natural scientists do not is
A)positivists are able to use more objective criteria than natural scientists are.
B)natural scientists have a bigger problem with personal bias than sociologists.
C)positivists have difficulties with personal biases and making moral judgments about research subjects.
D)positivists find studying human behavior is substantially easier than studying the natural environment.
Answer: C
Q3) The __________ approach believes that deviant behavior is a natural disposition.
Answer: positivist
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Chapter 2: Positivist Theories
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Q1) According to the deterrence doctrine,all of the following would help reduce the rate of crime,EXCEPT for making punishment
A)more certain.
B)more swift.
C)more general.
D)more severe.
Answer: C
Q2) If a wrongdoer is punished in such a way as to be stigmatized,rejected,or ostracized,the individual experiences __________ shaming.
Answer: disintegrative
Q3) According to Hirschi's theory of social control,if elements of bonding to society are weak,the individual might
A)have strong self-control.
B)have a good self-concept.
C)develop a strong goal orientation.
D)slide into deviance.
Answer: D
Q4) According to control theory,the absence of __________ causes deviance. Answer: social controls
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Chapter 3: Constructionist Theories
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Q1) What Marxists call "marginal surplus population" refers to A)employed workers.
B)those who are relatively superfluous or useless to the economy.
C)families with more than two children.
D)the capitalist elite,who need not work.
Answer: B
Q2) Research has consistently supported the thesis that the deviant label induces a person into further involvement with deviance.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Feminist theorists argue that women's experience of deviance is essentially no different from the experience of men.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) William Chambliss pointed out that the law __________ is different from the laws on the books.
Answer: in action
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Chapter 4: Physical Violence
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Q1) Juvenile killings are now a relatively common event in U.S.schools.
A)True
B)False
Q2) According to the subculture of violence theory,the poor are more violent than people in the larger culture because
A)the poor are psychologically weak and cannot resist the subculture.
B)the poor are genetically more inclined to violence.
C)the larger culture is more intimidating and thus avoided by the poor.
D)the violent subculture has a powerful grip on the poor.
Q3) Which one of the following variables is MOST likely to be the greatest contributing factor toward murder?
A)the weather
B)one's geographical location
C)accessibility to handguns
D)one's socioeconomic status
Q4) Most murders are committed by strangers.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Compare and contrast the homicide rates of the U.S.and that of other countries.
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Q6) Most serial killers appear very __________.
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Chapter 5: Sexual Assault and Child Molestation
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Q1) ________ theory argues that one of the most powerful influences on male aggression toward women is the emotional and practical support that they receive from their peers.
Q2) Almost all rape victims express their feelings inwardly and rarely display anger or seek revenge against their attackers.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Until recently,almost all rapes were
A)interracial.
B)intraracial.
C)same-sexed.
D)older men raping younger women.
Q4) When asked about an experience that fits the legal description of sexual assault, women who say they have had such an experience typically:
A)do not acknowledge it as rape or sexual assault
B)acknowledge the experience as rape or sexual assault about half the time
C)acknowledge it as sexual assault, but not rape
D)most women acknowledge the experience as rape
Q5) Most child molesters are __________ with their victims.
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Chapter 6: Family Violence
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Q1) Why is family violence more prevalent among people of the lower income strata? Discuss the variables that contribute to family violence among people of this income group.
Q2) Which of the following factors is involved in most marital rapes?
A)money or the lack of it
B)drugs or alcohol
C)physical violence or threats of it
D)pornography
Q3) Men who have lost control of their lives due to poverty,unemployment,drug abuse,or alcoholism are
A)more likely to become abusive husbands.
B)less likely to become abusive husbands.
C)just as abusive as men who have control over their lives.
D)usually too depressed about life to act in a violent way.
Q4) The many women who are squeezed between raising children of their own and taking care of parents are called
A)the sandwiched generation.
B)generation X.
C)the stressed generation.
D)the mommy/daughter track.
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Chapter 7: Suicide and Self-Harm
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Q1) In general,widowed persons have the highest rates of suicide,followed by those who are single or divorced.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Research has documented that the greater the air time given to country music,the higher the suicide rate.Which of the following is a possible reason?
A)the relative boredom surrounding country music,which upsets its listeners
B)the presence of religious themes in country music
C)the lonely lifestyles of the urban residents who listen to country music
D)the themes of country music,many of which are suicide-related
Q3) All of the following are indicators for potential increased risk of suicide in a college setting EXCEPT
A)suburban campus settings.
B)great pressure to achieve.
C)prestigious universities with intensely competitive atmospheres.
D)a plunge in one's grades.
Q4) Greater air time of heavy metal music tends to lead to greater suicide rates.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Mental Disorder
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Q1) If neurotics can identify the specific object of their anxiety,they are said to experience
A)hysteria.
B)compulsion.
C)obsession.
D)phobia.
Q2) Persons who think and talk in unconventional,illogical,or ambiguous ways and express emotions inappropriately are termed __________.
Q3) Which of the following is NOT a cause of increased depression among the young in recent decades?
A)a shortage of psychiatric services
B)lack of parental love and affection
C)increases in social stress
D)reduced social resources for dealing with social stress
Q4) According to the __________ perspective,mental disorder is not a sickness but a category imposed on some disturbing behavior.
Q5) An unprofessional method of treatment provided by family and friends that has proven highly effective in bringing deinstitutionalized patients back to normal life is called __________ therapy.
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Chapter 9: Heterosexual Deviance
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Q1) The definition of adultery is relative across cultures.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Recent studies have shown that unemployment and poverty are not social factors that can lead women to prostitution.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Teenage sex is not taboo in the United States.
A)True
B)False
Q4) It is relatively rare for prostitutes in the United States and other Western countries to contract the AIDS virus from their sex work.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The highest status prostitute is the A)call girl.
B)massage-parlor prostitute.
C)streetwalker.
D)gay prostitute.
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Chapter 10: Gays and Other Targets of Stigma
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Q1) For most disabled people,the totality of themselves is in their disability.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following norms is used to define homosexuality as deviant?
A)the norm of sexual exclusiveness
B)the norm that couples should nurture children together
C)the norm that married couples should produce children
D)the norm that love should precede sex
Q3) __________ are people who have an innate fear and hatred toward gays.
Q4) Which of the following events has produced a significant shift from sexual promiscuity to monogamy among homosexuals?
A)the AIDS crisis of the early 1980s
B)the outlawing of homosexual behavior in many states
C)the closing of homosexual bathhouses,men's rooms,and gay bars
D)the realization by many gays that their lifestyle is sinful
Q5) Practically all parents are upset when they find out that their child is gay.
A)True
B)False
Q6) __________ is seen as something bad and discrediting by others.
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Q7) Homosexuality is a biological disposition.Agree or disagree with this statement.
Chapter 11: Internet Deviance
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Q1) Two reasons why many persons enjoy cybersex are because it is anonymous and can lead to real sex.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Two forms of cyberdeviance are using a computer as a __________ to commit acts of deviance and disrupting a computer network as a target.
Q3) To many sociologists,hackers strongly resemble
A)career criminals.
B)cyberterrorists.
C)identity thieves.
D)juvenile delinquents.
Q4) Hacktivism involves accessing computer systems and files,by illegal means,for various political and socially conscientious purposes.
A)True
B)False
Q5) __________ is a scam that involves a caller pretending to have knowledge of an abduction of a family member.
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Chapter 12: Drug Use
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Q1) According to economic deprivation theory,the reason why poor people turn to drugs is the need for status.
A)True
B)False
Q2) In reality,__________ drugs are more dangerous than illegal drugs.
Q3) Most drug users with AIDS are addicted to ____________.
A)meth
B)marijuana
C)cocaine
D)heroin
Q4) Persons who smoke do so because they are addicted and do not receive any benefits from the behavior.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The use of marijuana is popular among the higher income strata.
A)True
B)False
Q6) According to Howard Becker,the first step in the process of learning to become a marijuana user is learning the __________ to get high.
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Chapter 13: Drinking and Alcoholism
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Q1) Moving the drinking age to 21 has decreased car crashes and saved thousands of lives.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What are some of the myths regarding alcohol abuse? What effect does alcohol have both mentally and physically?
Q3) Why did Prohibition fail?
Q4) Italian and Chinese Americans
A)drink a lot and therefore have one of the highest rates of alcoholism.
B)have one of the lowest rates of alcoholism.
C)compete with the Irish for the heaviest drinking.
D)use drinking as a means to drown their sorrows and problems of life.
Q5) Throughout the world,wine and beer have,over the last quarter century,become much more popular,while liquor has gotten less so.
A)True
B)False
Q6) One important consequence of drinking is __________,such as public drunkenness,disorderly conduct,and vagrancy.
Q7) The increased power and freedom __________ enjoy has led to more drinking today.
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Chapter 14: Privileged Deviance
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Q1) The profit motive underlies the manufacturing and selling of unsafe products.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The Superfund program created for the Environmental Protection Agency has rarely been used aggressively to stop pollution.
A)True
B)False
Q3) According to the text,what distinguishes the commission of white-collar deviance from the commission of blue-collar deviance is
A)how the act is executed.
B)the color of the deviant's collar.
C)the relative seriousness of the act.
D)its relationship to street crimes.
Q4) White-collar deviance is deviance committed by white-collar persons in the course of the offender's occupation for personal or corporate gain.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Legal lawlessness is widespread,marked mostly by the practice of __________.
Q6) Most corporate deviance against the government involves __________.
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Chapter 15: Underprivileged Deviance
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Q1) Most sociologists consider robbery more of a violent crime than a property crime.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The Yakuza are the many organized crime groups in Japan that have been outlawed by the government.
A)True
B)False
Q3) About __________ percent of American stores' total merchandise is shoplifted.
A)1.5
B)5.5
C)12
D)23
Q4) The illegal goods and services sold by the Mafia include illicit gambling,loan sharking,and __________.
Q5) Professional robbers are as likely as amateur robbers to commit the crime on the spur of the moment.
A)True
B)False
Q6) There is more violence involved in __________ compared to armed robberies.
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