Miscellaneous Sociology – MCQs

What sociological theory of crime and deviance emphasizes sub-cultural belief systems as a major contributor to crime?

A) Social Control theory

B) Anomie theory

C) Lower Class Focal Value theory

D) Social Process theory

According to Strain theory, ____ are those individuals who have traditional success goals but substitute deviant means by which to achieve them?

A) Ritualists

B) Ret realists

C) Rebels

D) Innovators

Psychological positivism stresses the key role that _______ plays in the development of conformist of criminal belief systems?

A) Pre-natal nutrition

B) Hormones

C) Genetic abnormalities

D) Early childhood

Conflict theory’s primary suggestion for reducing crime and deviance involves the_____________?

A) Substantial reduction of economic inequality

B) Subordination of the agents of social control

C) Redefinition of acts that are currently defined as criminal

D) Amelioration of social welfare activities

The of “who defines deviance” has principally been addressed by what sociological theory ?

A) Differential Association

B) Conflict

C) Positivism

D) Social Control

Peer approval of your actions would be a good example of_____________?

A) Age-specific support

B) Informal social control

C) Internalization of norms

D) Formal social control

Sociologists believe that no behavior is____________?

A) Without a deal of grate variation

B) Inherently deviant

C) Totally in keeping with tradition

D) Without a corresponding judgment 

How is terrorism different from the types of crime described by the Chicago School ?

A) It is a committed on a larger, often global, scale, and is well organized

B) It is associated with political conflict between states and their citizens

C) It can have far-reaching effects upon international relations

D) All of the above

The Mafia is an example of____________?

A) White collar crime

B) Organized crime

C) None-criminal deviance

D) Global terrorism

The term ‘secondary deviation refers to_________________?

A) The punishment or stigmatization of deviant acts

B) The labelling of an act as deviant through social reaction to it

C) The ways in which taking on a deviant role affects future action

D) All of the above