Question 1. Honor killings happen every year in Britain, primarily in Southeast Asian and Middle Eastern immigrant families. Young women are predominately the targets of honor murders for issues surrounding forced marriage. Even though forced marriage is illegal in Britain, it still happens covertly in families with strong ties to their birth cultures. This is an example of which type of deviance?
Cultural deviance
Societal deviance
Gender deviance
Situational deviance
Question 2. A fundamentalist Muslim who lives in the United States is likely to be perceived as deviant, especially since 9/11. Goffman's typology and stigma of deviance would view this as
a violation of aesthetic standards.
a tribal stigma.
a blemish of individual character.
a deviant belief.
Question 3. In the positivist tradition, the classical school of criminology is also referred to as which theory?
Theory of social control
Theory of opportunism
Theory of free will
Theory of certainty
Question 4. A constructionist sociologist studying deviance believes that which is the most central concept?
Rules and norms
Process of perceiving
Social audiences
Social control
Question 5. When researchers purposely commit a deviant act in a public place so they can observe the reactions of people to their norm violations, which research method are they using?
Participant observation
Visual survey
Experiment
Field study
Question 6. Which technically constitutes low-consensus deviance?
Doing acts that are likely to result in a fine and probation
Doing acts that are unlikely to result in arrest
Doing acts that do not involve violence
Heckling a high-ranking public official at a town hall meeting
Question 7 Which example of killing can be legally classified as murder?
Abortion of zygotes, embryos, and fetuses
Killing another in battle
Running over somebody who jumps in front of your car
Killing a lover or spouse in retaliation for public humiliation
Question 8. Although not all drinkers also use illegal drugs, they are more likely to do so than nondrinkers by which margin?
10%
15%
20%
25%
Question 9. What is "queer theology?"
The theological arguments in the Bible that homosexuality is unrighteous
The theological argument that homosexuality is an expression of humanity, not a sin
The ordaining of openly gay priests in some Christian sects
The theological position that gay marriage should be universally available
Question 10. According to information in the Week 5 Lecture, sociologists have found that the study of a particular form of social movement contributes clarity to an explanatory framework of social movement. Which form is it?
Environmental toxicity
Doomsday cults
Contemporary terrorism
Gay rights
Question 11. According to information in the Week 6 Lecture, aggressive driving is a cultural norm in our society, but road rage violates that norm. Which reason applies?
Road rage displays a lack of impulse control.
Road rage is not respectful of the rights of other drivers.
Road rage is a manifestation of mental disorder.
Road rage involves vengeful retaliation.
Question 12. According to information in the Week 7 Lecture, the physical-attractiveness stereotype is associated with which assumption?
All that is beautiful is good.
A homely person should decrease his or her expectations for success.
A beautiful person is smarter and more socially competent.
If you are not naturally beautiful, you can buy a makeover.
Question 13. In the first critical analysis assignment on gay bashing, McKinney and Henderson unsuccessfully argued they committed which crime instead of murder?
Robbery
Burglary
Accidental homicide
Accidental assault
Question 14. Which is true about the term differently abled, which may be used by normal social audiences to refer to people with physical handicaps?
It is a well-intended euphemistic term that those with physical handicaps often do not like and may reject outright.
It is a conscious attempt to avoid violating the Americans With Disabilities Act in institutional settings, such as education and employment.
It developed as a result of people without handicaps' desire for people with physical handicaps to be perceived as not deviant.
It developed from demands of people with physical handicaps for acceptance and equality.
Question 15. According to the second critical analysis assignment on whistleblowing, which is true about the UBS tax fraud scheme?
Justice Department officials were exonerated of wrongdoing.
UBS handed over half of the names of American clients involved in the tax evasion scheme.
UBS bought its way out of the scandal.
President Obama had to return $540,000 in UBS campaign donations.
Question 16 Essentialists, who are part of the positivist tradition, are interested in studying which two aspects of mental disorder?
The social construction of mental disorder and how it distributed in the population
The causes of mental disorder and how it is distributed in the population
The causes of mental disorder and the social control of mentally disordered persons
What is said and done about mentally disordered people within a particular society
Question 17 Which critical analysis assignment focused on organizational deviance?
Obsessed With Trains
Hero Become the Villain
Manufacturing Beauty
Gay Bashing