ADS Test 2 Questions Answered Correctly Latest Update

ADS Test 2 Questions Answered Correctly Latest Update Which of the following models most adequately explains the drugs/violence nexus? A. the economic-compulsive model B. the psychopharmacological model C. the systemic model D. All of these models are equally adequate in explaining this nexus. E. All of these models are equally inadequate in explaining this nexus. - Answers C. the systemic model Among men, as the volume of cocaine consumed increases, the likelihood of being the perpetrator of crime: A. increases B. decreases C. remains the same D. remains unknown and unknowable E. none of the above - Answers A. increases Among women, as the volume of cocaine consumed increases, the likelihood of being the victim of a crime: A. increases B. decreases C. remains the same D. remains unknown and unknowable E. none of the above - Answers A. increases After 1970, using, abusing, and being addicted to heroin: A. increased the likelihood of committing a violent crime B. decreased the likelihood of committing a violent crime C. was unrelated to the likelihood of committing a violent crime D. was unknown with respect to the likelihood of committing a violent crime E. none of the above - Answers A. increased the likelihood of committing a violent crime Evidence indicates that the link between the consumption of alcohol and engaging in violent behavior is largely and substantially a result of: A. disinhibition caused by the pharmacological effects of alcohol B. cultural norms, not the pharmacological effects of alcohol C. cognitive guidedness D. unknown factors E. none of the above - Answers A. disinhibition caused by the pharmacological effects of alcohol Which of the following sociological theories of deviance—and hence, illicit drug use, abuse—has been disconfirmed, that is, evidence has demonstrated more or less conclusively and definitively that it is false? A. social learning and subculture theory B. social disorganization theory C. social control and self-control theories D. selective interaction/socialization theory E. none of the above; all explain at least some part of the drug use/abuse picture - Answers E. none of the above; all explain at least some part of the drug use/abuse picture "Why should people conform? After all, it's so much more fun and rewarding to deviate from society's norms and laws?" An advocate of which of the following theories would agree most strongly with this statement? A. anomie theory B. control theory C. subculture theory D. problem-behavior proneness E. social disorganization theory - Answers D. problem-behavior proneness Which theory advocates for people to deviate from society's norms and laws? - Answers Problem behavior proneness Anomie argues that drug dealers and sellers make use of the following adaptation to society's means to achieve the goal or success: A. innovation B. conformity C. ritualism D. retreatism E. rebellion - Answers D. retreatism The social control theory of deviance, crime, and illicit drug use focuses on the following factor: A. socialization into deviant values B. hegemony by the powerful to shape laws and social control to their advantage C. the actor's stake in conformity D. the disjunction between the goal of success and the legitimacy of the means to achieve that success E. the recent decay of the American economic structure, which reduces the likelihood of social mobility for people at the bottom of the socioeconomic hierarchy - Answers C. the actor's stak