Sociology Final exam review Questions and answers with
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7: According to the "Crime: Crash Course Sociology #20"
video which is an example of a crime?
a. Robbery
b. Aggravated Assault
c. Murder
d. All of these answers. - correct answer- d. All
of these answers.
7: According to the "Deviance: Crash Course Sociology
#18" video, Containment theory can be defined by which
of the following?
a. The idea that access to socially acceptable goals plays a
part in determining whether a person conforms or
deviates.
ab. The idea that social control is directly affected by the
strength of social bonds and that deviance results from a
feeling of disconnection from society.
c. The idea that deviance is a matter of impulse control.
,d. Examines the ascribing of a deviant behavior to another
person by members of society. - correct answer-
c. The idea that deviance is a matter of impulse control.
7: According to the "The School-To-Prison Pipeline,
Explained" video what does the term "School-To-Prison
Pipeline" mean?
a. How schools and prisons are similarly regulated by the
government.
b. How getting bad grades in schools increases one's
likelihood of entering the criminal justice system.
c. How schools are funneling students, especially Black
students, into the criminal justice system.
d. How schools and prisons are similar institutions. -
correct answer- c. How schools are funneling
students, especially Black students, into the criminal
justice system.
7: According to the "Theory & Deviance: Crash Course
Sociology #19" video stigma is defined as a powerfully
negative sort of master status that affects a person's self-
concept, social identity, and interactions with others.
,a. True
b. False - correct answer- a. True
7: Ally's father was sent to prison when she was 12 for the
trafficking of narcotics; her brother was arrested when
she was 13 for possession of methamphetamines. By the
age of 18, Ally has been arrested three times for
possession of marijuana. Which theory best describes
Ally's experience?
a. Differential association theory
b. Strain theory
c. Labeling theory
d. Opaque theory - correct answer- a:
Differential association theory
7: Bernie Madoff, sentenced to 150 years in prison for
creating a Ponzi scheme which caused clients to lose
millions of dollars, engaged in which form of crime?
a. Corporate crime
b. Violent crime
, c. Institutional crime
d. Street crime - correct answer- a. Corporate
crime
7: Define social control:
a. An arrangement of practices and behaviors on which
society's members base their daily lives.
b. The regulation and enforcement of norms.
c. The means of enforcing rules.
d. The causation of crime. - correct answer- b.
The regulation and enforcement of norms
7: Deviance is always considered a crime
a. True
b. False - correct answer- b. False
7: Functionalist Émile Durkheim believed some deviance
within society was:
a. Instrumental: it encouraged the population to rebel.
b. Insignificant; deviance within society is largely ignored.
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7: According to the "Crime: Crash Course Sociology #20"
video which is an example of a crime?
a. Robbery
b. Aggravated Assault
c. Murder
d. All of these answers. - correct answer- d. All
of these answers.
7: According to the "Deviance: Crash Course Sociology
#18" video, Containment theory can be defined by which
of the following?
a. The idea that access to socially acceptable goals plays a
part in determining whether a person conforms or
deviates.
ab. The idea that social control is directly affected by the
strength of social bonds and that deviance results from a
feeling of disconnection from society.
c. The idea that deviance is a matter of impulse control.
,d. Examines the ascribing of a deviant behavior to another
person by members of society. - correct answer-
c. The idea that deviance is a matter of impulse control.
7: According to the "The School-To-Prison Pipeline,
Explained" video what does the term "School-To-Prison
Pipeline" mean?
a. How schools and prisons are similarly regulated by the
government.
b. How getting bad grades in schools increases one's
likelihood of entering the criminal justice system.
c. How schools are funneling students, especially Black
students, into the criminal justice system.
d. How schools and prisons are similar institutions. -
correct answer- c. How schools are funneling
students, especially Black students, into the criminal
justice system.
7: According to the "Theory & Deviance: Crash Course
Sociology #19" video stigma is defined as a powerfully
negative sort of master status that affects a person's self-
concept, social identity, and interactions with others.
,a. True
b. False - correct answer- a. True
7: Ally's father was sent to prison when she was 12 for the
trafficking of narcotics; her brother was arrested when
she was 13 for possession of methamphetamines. By the
age of 18, Ally has been arrested three times for
possession of marijuana. Which theory best describes
Ally's experience?
a. Differential association theory
b. Strain theory
c. Labeling theory
d. Opaque theory - correct answer- a:
Differential association theory
7: Bernie Madoff, sentenced to 150 years in prison for
creating a Ponzi scheme which caused clients to lose
millions of dollars, engaged in which form of crime?
a. Corporate crime
b. Violent crime
, c. Institutional crime
d. Street crime - correct answer- a. Corporate
crime
7: Define social control:
a. An arrangement of practices and behaviors on which
society's members base their daily lives.
b. The regulation and enforcement of norms.
c. The means of enforcing rules.
d. The causation of crime. - correct answer- b.
The regulation and enforcement of norms
7: Deviance is always considered a crime
a. True
b. False - correct answer- b. False
7: Functionalist Émile Durkheim believed some deviance
within society was:
a. Instrumental: it encouraged the population to rebel.
b. Insignificant; deviance within society is largely ignored.
