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Course Introduction
Sociology of Deviance explores the nature, causes, and societal reactions to behaviors and individuals that violate social norms. The course examines theoretical perspectives on deviance, including functionalism, conflict theory, symbolic interactionism, and labeling theory, and considers how factors such as power, inequality, and social context shape definitions and perceptions of deviance. Students analyze a wide range of topics, from crime and delinquency to mental illness and subcultural practices, critically assessing how deviance is constructed and managed within different societies. Through case studies and contemporary examples, the course emphasizes the roles of control, stigma, and social change in understanding deviance and conformity.
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Social Problems 13th Edition by D. Stanley Eitzen
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Chapter 1: The Sociological Approach to Social Problems
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Q1) The textbook examines two types of social problems: (1)acts and conditions that violate social norms and values,and (2)the difficulties for those suffering from the deviant acts of norm violators.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) According to the sociological perspective,which of the following best explains social problems?
A) Norm violators
B) People who seek self-actualization
C) Problems caused by societal conditions
D) Biology
Answer: C
Q3) The victim-blamer would attribute high rates of recidivism to faults and failures of the individual criminals,including their greed,feelings of aggression,weak control of impulses,and relative lack of conscience.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2 Wealth and Power: The Bias of the System
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Q1) The linkage between corporations when an individual serves on the board of directors of two companies is called a(n)__________.
A) oligarchy
B) plutocracy
C) shared monopoly
D) interlocking directorate
Answer: D
Q2) The authors of your text point out that the flood of election money sabotages democracy in which of the following ways?
A) There is increased access for all people to run for office.
B) The have-nots of society are equally represented among decision makers.
C) The influence of campaign donors makes it harder for legislators to solve social problems.
D) Everyone has a voice in how leftover campaign money is spent after an election is over.
Answer: C
Q3) The __________ are the people who occupy the most influential roles in society.
Answer: power elite
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Chapter 3: World Population and Global Inequality
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Q1) The exporting of goods that have been banned or not approved for sale in the United States because they are dangerous refers to __________.
A) corporate dumping
B) relative poverty
C) shared monopoly
D) absolute poverty
Answer: A
Q2) Most microloans are given to __________.
A) men
B) women
C) children
D) boys between 12 and 18
Answer: B
Q3) The world adds almost 1 million people every four __________.
A) hours
B) days
C) years
D) millennia
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Threats to the Environment
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Q1) Environmental problems are not confined within political borders so it is important to understand that __________.
A) innovation in energy production will not make a difference
B) if one country wastes finite resources, it impacts us all
C) altering the structural conditions that promote waste is useless
D) there is nothing the United States can do to help solve environmental issues
Q2) According to the text,under the private enterprise system based on profits,corporations seek the profitable alternative rather than __________.
A) one based on producing more oil and gas
B) one that burns more coal
C) one that builds more nuclear plants
D) one based on conservation
Q3) A sociologist would argue that most environmental problems are __________.
A) socially created
B) naturally created
C) beyond our control
D) created by the divine
Q4) Describe the process and implications of the greenhouse effect. Ideal
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Chapter 5 Demographic Changes in the United States: The
Browning and Graying of Society
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Q1) With the increase in immigration in the United States,__________.
A) Latinos are now the absolute majority of the population in the United States
B) the United States will have to sell Texas back to Mexico
C) African Americans will be the absolute majority of the U.S. population
D) the nation is shifting from an Anglo-White society rooted in Western culture
Q2) The method of financing Social Security is not equitable because __________.
A) it mainly recognizes unpaid work
B) married women who work will not receive benefits
C) a divorced woman is never entitled to her ex-husband's Social Security income
D) it disproportionately disadvantages lower-income wage earners
Q3) Approximately __________ were born into the baby boom generation.
A) 120 million
B) 75 million
C) 750 thousand
D) 6 billion
Q4) The authors of the text argue that immigrants are,in the long run,a poor investment for society.
A)True
B)False
Q5) How are immigration and agency related?
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Chapter 6 Problems of Place: Urban Suburban and Rural
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Q1) The process of White flight continues to increase class and race __________.
Q2) How has employment changed in rural areas? Ideal
Q3) Unlike in the past,high levels of racial segregation persist in only a handful of U.S.metropolitan areas.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Citizens living in poor and minority areas in cities and metropolitan areas that have to deal with the illegal dumping of hazardous materials are victims of __________.
A) environmental racism
B) toxic reform efforts
C) the informal economy
D) suburban sprawl and gentrification
Q5) Although poverty rates are highest in central cities,research shows that poverty in rural areas are higher for racial and ethnic minorities.What are the regions of highest rural poverty?
Q6) Suburbanization has been directly subsidized by the federal government.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Poverty
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Q1) __________ occurs when the customary ways of doing things,the prevailing attitudes and expectations,and the accepted structural arrangements in society disadvantage the poor.
Q2) The poor who are displaced by new technologies or whose jobs have moved away to the suburbs,other regions,or out of the country,are classified as the __________
A) working poor
B) old poor
C) new poor
D) severely poor
Q3) Sometime,the poor receive government funds and subsidies,known as __________,in order to help them get by at a minimum level.
A) welfare
B) wealthfare
C) regressive taxes
D) the official poverty line
Q4) Almost 10 percent of Non-Hispanic Whites are in poverty.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Women are __________ likely than men to be among the working poor.
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Chapter 8: Racial and Ethnic Inequality
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Q1) Most Asian Americans are __________.
A) Japanese
B) Chinese
C) Korean
D) Vietnamese
Q2) Though not popular anymore,for years scientists spent time trying to validate __________ theories by looking at things like IQ and other intelligence tests.
A) bias
B) cultural
C) biological deficiency
D) structural
Q3) Where minority groups have narrowed the gap in educational attainment between themselves and Whites,they have also narrowed the economic differences.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The __________ theories postulate that racial groups differ in basic intelligence.
Q5) Explain the differences in White and minority income.
Q6) At least __________ hate crime(s)occur(s)on a college campus every day.
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Chapter 9: Gender Inequality
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Q1) __________ perpetuates male dominance by ignoring (using "he" as the generic pronoun for all people),trivializing (treating domestic responsibilities as "women's work"),and sexualizing (using terms like bimbos,broads,etc.)women.
Q2) A __________ includes views that support equal relations between men and women.
A) patriarchy
B) capitalist patriarchy
C) feminist approach
D) gender roles approach
Q3) Domestic work is a part of the __________ segment of the labor market.
A) primary
B) secondary
C) tertiary
D) quaternary
Q4) Which of the following is a factor that has contributed to the gender earnings gap?
A) Women are concentrated in very few occupations.
B) Women enter the labor force at similar pay levels as men.
C) Because women have less education and experience, they are paid less than men.
D) Women are more nurturing and less competitive by nature.
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Chapter 10: Sexual Orientation
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Q1) Distinguish between the concepts "sexual preference" and "sexual orientation." Which term does the best job of explaining the reality of homosexuals?
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Q2) According to the text,in 2010 __________ percent opposed gay marriage.
A) 65
B) 40
C) 33
D) 15
Q3) The authors assert that whether sexuality has biological or social roots,the issue of social justice is what really matters.Discuss how this is the case.
Q4) Homophobia shares the same ideological roots with other forms of prejudice including __________.
A) racism
B) ableism
C) dysfunctionalism
D) sexism
Q5) Scientific research on the biological basis of sexuality has largely excluded __________.
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Chapter 11: Disability and Ableism
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Q1) Facing a negative evaluation,being treated as different,and being treated as though there is a deficiency are all a part of being a __________.
A) part of the master class
B) master status
C) stigmatized "other"
D) person with a mental disability
Q2) What are the origins of the disability rights movement?
Q3) The American focus on individuality and personal will masks the structural deficiencies and challenges facing people with disabilities and contributes to a culture of __________,wherein people without disabilities enact norms to retain their privileged status.
A) hegemony
B) ableism
C) domination
D) barrierism
Q4) The combination of multiple forms of oppression,known as the __________,means that some people experience their disability along with other statuses that are also stigmatizing.
Q5) The __________to disability defines disability as primarily an individual issue.
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Chapter 12: Crime and Justice
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Q1) Jeff was arrested and convicted of his third felony.The judge has no choice other than to give him life without parole.This is an example of __________ sentencing.
A) mandatory
B) determinate
C) primary
D) terminal
Q2) Gambling,prostitution,and recreational drug use are examples of victimless crimes known as __________.
Q3) Central to the __________ system is a public battle between the accused and the accuser in front of an authority who can make a ruling.
A) plea bargaining
B) bail
C) adversary
D) jail
Q4) The __________ has the highest proportion of its citizens jailed at any time of any country.
Q5) Discuss the problems with the statistics provided by the Uniform Crime Reports.
Q6) The breaking of a law is the most common definition of __________.
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Chapter 13: Drugs
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Q1) The passage of the __________ marked the beginning of a shift to thinking about drug abusers as criminals.
Q2) There is a great deal of pressure on people everywhere in American society to avoid the use of drugs.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The tobacco industry has begun which of the following as a way of responding to declining U.S.sales?
A) Pulling out of political campaigns donations as a punishment to lawmakers for not passing favorable legislation
B) Decreasing advertising in the United States
C) Increasing advertising and sales overseas
D) Marketing to senior citizens
Q4) Marijuana is commonly prescribed for __________.
A) easing migraine headaches
B) reducing appetite for the obese
C) social anxiety disorder
D) curing ADHD
Q5) In what ways do our current drug laws actually encourage crime?
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Chapter 14: The Economy and Work
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Q1) When an economic system is based on ownership of the means of production by the people for their collective benefit it is classified as a __________ system.
A) capitalist
B) socialist
C) democratic socialist
D) corporatist
Q2) Describe the condition referred to as capital flight and discuss the conditions that have caused it.How does capital flight precipitate globalization?
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Q3) Jill believes that Adam Smith was essentially correct when he claimed that people could pursue their own personal interests because the __________ would keep society from disintegrating as everyone competes for consumers and profit.Thus,she consistently opposes government intervention into the market.
A) laws of the marketplace
B) laws of society
C) social contract
D) marketplace masses
Q4) Centralized planning is a component of __________.
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Chapter 15: Families
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Q1) Marriage leads to divorce in __________ within five years.
A) one in every two to three first marriages
B) one in five first marriages
C) one in two to three of all marriages
D) one in four of all marriages
Q2) Emotional instability,lack of self-regulation,and poor problem solving skills are commonly associated with __________.
A) modern families
B) postmodern families
C) child abuse and neglect
D) intimate partner violence
Q3) __________ includes distinctive acts of violence and nonviolence and acts of omission and commission that place children at risk.
A) Wife abuse
B) Child abuse
C) Family value
D) Pronatalism
Q4) Many immigrants who have come to the United States have come in __________.
Q5) Identify and explain the five dominant myths about the ideal American family.
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Chapter 16: Education
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Q1) The self-fulfilling prophecy __________.
A) produces results that match the expectations teachers and administrators have of one group attaining great things and another group failing B) does little to justify the greater expenditures of time and resources for those in the higher track
C) has little effect on students' performance
D) is an old psychological concept that does not apply to modern educational settings
Q2) As suggested in your text,the federal government could promote equal opportunity by engaging in __________.
A) the elimination of funding for compensatory programs like Head Start
B) practices which would encourage states to maximize disparities between rich and poor districts
C) institutionalizing a national curriculum
D) residential segregation
Q3) Taxpayer-funded charter schools and school vouchers go against the American value of competition.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 17: The Healthcare System
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Q1) Explain the differences among the three forms of government-financed health insurance.What are the strengths and weaknesses of each? Which one does our current healthcare reform,The Affordable Health Care Act,most resemble?
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Q2) Prior to the 2010 healthcare reform in the United States,the uninsured __________.
A) had no access to healthcare
B) had no ability to apply for government programs
C) were guaranteed healthcare only at emergency rooms in public hospitals
D) were given vouchers for private insurance
Q3) Tuberculosis is an example of __________,which is especially found among the poor.
A) a communicable disease
B) cancer
C) a vision problem
D) heart disease
Q4) In 1996,for the first time since the epidemic began in the United States,the number of people diagnosed with __________ declined from the previous year.
Q5) All things considered,women receive __________ quality healthcare than men.
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Chapter 18: National Security in the Twenty-First Century
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Q1) Iran is considered a(n)__________ state by the United States.
Q2) __________ is best classified not as a distinct enemy,but a methodology.
Q3) Which nation spends the most on national security?
A) Russia
B) China
C) India
D) The United States
Q4) The Bush Doctrine has involved __________.
A) ensuring the United States has an unparalleled popular reputation around the world
B) the idea that other nations are either with the United States or against the United States
C) a 10-year cease fire on all Middle Eastern countries
D) widespread success
Q5) Explain how the USA PATRIOT Act affects civil liberties.
Q6) The __________War,with Russia,was a period in which the United States became significantly more expansionary and less isolationist.
Q7) What is terrorism,and how does it manifest in the world today?
Q8) Discuss the role globalization plays in heightening the threat of international terrorism.
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Chapter 19: Progressive Plan to Solve Social Problems
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Q1) Peter believes that society gives shape to everything we do,and that even the emotions we feel and our own consciousness are fully regulated by social structures.Peter's beliefs align with the __________.
A) human agency emphasis
B) deterministic view
C) sociological dilemma
D) plutocracy
Q2) Why do the authors of the text argue for a national rather than a state or local approach? What are the impacts of each? What barriers would have to be overcome to implement a national approach?
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Q3) A plutocracy is a __________ and it undermines the notion of a collective democracy.
A) society in which many different groups share power
B) society controlled by a few leading companies
C) form of government that is often installed by revolutionaries
D) government ruled by the wealthy class
Q4) Discuss the significance of the 1997 Teamster strike against UPS.
Q5) Why do the authors of the text call for a particular focus on children?
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