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61. The social condition in which people find it difficult to guide their behavior by norms they experience as weak unclear or conflicting is called______________?
- A. social disorganization
- B. anomie
- C. deviance
- D. none of the above
Explanation: Anomie is a condition in which norms lose their clarity or strength, leaving people without reliable guidance for behaviour. Durkheim linked this normlessness to rapid social change and increased deviance.
Correct answer: anomie62. Functionalists view social control as_______________?
- A. operating to favor powerful groups at the expense of others
- B. an indispensable functional requirement for social survival
- C. a source of social chaos
- D. both b and c
Explanation: Functionalists see social control as necessary for maintaining conformity, order and cooperation, making it an indispensable condition of social survival. The claim that it mainly serves powerful groups belongs to conflict theory.
Correct answer: an indispensable functional requirement for social survival63. Deviance is dysfunctional in that it_______________?
- A. can impair and undermine organized social life
- B. increases our willingness to play our roles
- C. increases our willingness to contribute to the larger social enterprise
- D. enhances our trust of one another
Explanation: Deviance is dysfunctional when it disrupts shared expectations and weakens the orderly coordination of social life. The other options describe effects associated with conformity or social integration, not deviance.
Correct answer: can impair and undermine organized social life64. The essential function of punishment in society is_______________?
- A. reform
- B. revenge
- C. affirmation of moral standards
- D. None of these
Explanation: From a Durkheimian perspective, punishment publicly reaffirms the society's moral boundaries and shared standards. Reform may be a modern aim of punishment, but it is not its essential sociological function in this view.
Correct answer: affirmation of moral standards65. The term terrorism has its origins in_____________?
- A. the Roman Empire
- B. Revolutionary France
- C. Nazi Germany
- D. the English Civil War
Explanation: The modern political use of terrorism is linked to the French Revolution, especially the Reign of Terror. The term originally referred to the use of terror by the revolutionary state against its opponents.
Correct answer: Revolutionary France66. Which approach holds that deviance is not a feature of a group or individual a process of interaction through which one group becomes defined as deviant ?
- A. labelling theory
- B. control theory
- C. functionalist theory
- D. conflict theory
Explanation: Labelling theory treats deviance as a product of social interaction: authorities or groups define certain people and acts as deviant. It therefore shifts attention from the act itself to who applies the label and with what consequences.
Correct answer: labelling theory67. Technological forms of surveillance have made it easier to_____________?
- A. access and exchange private information about consumers
- B. reduce prison overcrowding by the use of electronic tagging
- C. monitor employees' activities at work
- D. all of the above
Explanation: Digital surveillance supports all three practices: collecting consumer data, enforcing electronic tagging and monitoring workers. Since each is made easier by technological surveillance, the inclusive answer is appropriate.
Correct answer: all of the above68. According to Foucault carceral organizations________________?
- A. emphasized human relations and employee satisfaction
- B. increased the amount of power held by managers
- C. stripped inmates of their previous identities
- D. isolated people and put them under surveillance
Explanation: Foucault described carceral institutions as spaces where people are isolated, observed and disciplined through continuous surveillance. Stripping inmates of former identities can occur, but isolation and surveillance are the defining features here.
Correct answer: isolated people and put them under surveillance69. Patterns of drug use in Britain reveal that____________?
- A. it has increased and is no longer confined to a hedonistic youth subculture
- B. the most commonly used recreational drug is Ecstasy
- C. teenage girls are more likely to experiment with hard drugs than teenage boys
- D. despite a series of moral panics, the use of illegal drugs is very rare
Explanation: British drug-use patterns show that use expanded beyond a small hedonistic youth subculture. The other options are inaccurate because Ecstasy is not the most commonly used recreational drug, gender patterns vary, and illegal drug use is not rare.
Correct answer: it has increased and is no longer confined to a hedonistic youth subculture70. The work of Smart suggested that_____________?
- A. the rates of violent crime were similar for men and women
- B. women's sexual delinquency was more likely to be normalized than men's
- C. women's criminal behavior tended to reflect traditional gender roles
- D. all of the above
Explanation: Smart linked women's criminal behaviour to conventional gender expectations, such as offences arising from roles traditionally assigned to women. Violent-crime rates were not generally similar for men and women, so “all of the above” is incorrect.
Correct answer: women's criminal behavior tended to reflect traditional gender roles