Sociology 1000 Final Exam
deviance - answersbehavior violating the norms or standards of a group, society or
one's peers
index crimes - answerscrimes used by the FBI as summary measures of overall crime
rates
crimes against persons - answerscrimes involving the threat of injury or force against
people
ex. robbery, rape, murder
crimes against property - answerscrimes involving stealing or damaging property
white-collar crimes - answerscrimes committed by relatively affluent white-collar workers
usually in the course of conducting their daily business activities and are usually
possible only because of the social statuses they occupy
ex.price fixing, false advertising
states offence - answerscrimes only because of the status of the people who commit
them
ex.illegal aliens
organized crime - answerscrimes committed by a collection of criminals who regulate
criminal behavior among themselves
ex. gambling, prostitution
victimless crime - answersacts viewed as crimes in and of themselves even though they
may not impose suffering on others
ex. drug-related crime
stigmatization - answersin which the person is viewed as somehow socially
unacceptable
ex. for religion or race or physical limitation
ostracism - answersthe exclusion or banning of a person from the normal activities of a
group
ex. Amish
situated mortality - answersa view of what is morally correct that they recognize is
limited to people in that situation and is widely rejected by the larger society
, ex. nudity/nudists
structural theory of deviance - answersmust be understood not as the something
abnormal or defective, but as a natural part of society having important positive
functions
conflict theory of deviance - answersargues that social status and power influence what
is considered deviant and how it is treated
interactionist theory of deviance - answersdeviance is relative and any act becomes
deviant only when labeled as deviant by others
stigma - answersa distinctive social characteristic or attribute identifying its owner as
socially unacceptable or disgraced
primary deviance - answersoccasional deviance that does not affect an individual's
performance of roles or self image
secondary deviance - answersdeliberate deviance where the person committing the act
also recognizes it as deviance
deviance career - answersthe acquisition over time of a deviant self-concept
social stratification - answersthe structure of social inequality in a society
ex. the distribution of wealth, status and power among people occupying different social
statuses
traditional caste system - answersone's social status is determined completely by
birthright and it is irrevocable
ex. india's traditional system
clan system - answersthe basis for stratification is birthright
estate system - answersnobility, the church, peasants
ascribed status - answersnamely the categories into which one is born
class system - answersin which social stratification is based primarily on achieved
status
achieved status - answersstatuses earned through individual effort facilitated by
opportunity
Marx's view - answers1. capitalists- own large businesses, employing many workers
2. petty bourgeoisie- own small businesses
3. managers-sell their own labor but exercise authority over workers
deviance - answersbehavior violating the norms or standards of a group, society or
one's peers
index crimes - answerscrimes used by the FBI as summary measures of overall crime
rates
crimes against persons - answerscrimes involving the threat of injury or force against
people
ex. robbery, rape, murder
crimes against property - answerscrimes involving stealing or damaging property
white-collar crimes - answerscrimes committed by relatively affluent white-collar workers
usually in the course of conducting their daily business activities and are usually
possible only because of the social statuses they occupy
ex.price fixing, false advertising
states offence - answerscrimes only because of the status of the people who commit
them
ex.illegal aliens
organized crime - answerscrimes committed by a collection of criminals who regulate
criminal behavior among themselves
ex. gambling, prostitution
victimless crime - answersacts viewed as crimes in and of themselves even though they
may not impose suffering on others
ex. drug-related crime
stigmatization - answersin which the person is viewed as somehow socially
unacceptable
ex. for religion or race or physical limitation
ostracism - answersthe exclusion or banning of a person from the normal activities of a
group
ex. Amish
situated mortality - answersa view of what is morally correct that they recognize is
limited to people in that situation and is widely rejected by the larger society
, ex. nudity/nudists
structural theory of deviance - answersmust be understood not as the something
abnormal or defective, but as a natural part of society having important positive
functions
conflict theory of deviance - answersargues that social status and power influence what
is considered deviant and how it is treated
interactionist theory of deviance - answersdeviance is relative and any act becomes
deviant only when labeled as deviant by others
stigma - answersa distinctive social characteristic or attribute identifying its owner as
socially unacceptable or disgraced
primary deviance - answersoccasional deviance that does not affect an individual's
performance of roles or self image
secondary deviance - answersdeliberate deviance where the person committing the act
also recognizes it as deviance
deviance career - answersthe acquisition over time of a deviant self-concept
social stratification - answersthe structure of social inequality in a society
ex. the distribution of wealth, status and power among people occupying different social
statuses
traditional caste system - answersone's social status is determined completely by
birthright and it is irrevocable
ex. india's traditional system
clan system - answersthe basis for stratification is birthright
estate system - answersnobility, the church, peasants
ascribed status - answersnamely the categories into which one is born
class system - answersin which social stratification is based primarily on achieved
status
achieved status - answersstatuses earned through individual effort facilitated by
opportunity
Marx's view - answers1. capitalists- own large businesses, employing many workers
2. petty bourgeoisie- own small businesses
3. managers-sell their own labor but exercise authority over workers
