SYG 2000 UCF EXAM 2 QUESTIONS |
GUARANTEED ACCURATE ANSWERS
Deviance - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ behaviors or practices met
with disapproval because they differ from general norm
Crime - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ an act punishable by law, you've
broken the law in some way
Pluralistic society - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ different groups of
people in society with different ideas of what is acceptable (ex:
polygamy)
Phrenology - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ biological perspective theory
that the skull shapes of deviant individuals differ from those of
nondeviants
Atavisms - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ biological perspective: idea
that you can identify criminal and non-criminal body features (large
ears, lips, long arms) and deviant people are more like primitive humans
Nature via nurture - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ idea the nature works
with nurture, you are born with certain characteristics but still depends
on your socialization
,Parent child studies - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ identical twins likely
to engage in same amount of deviance, treated the same because they
look the same, children who are adopted are more likely to engage in
criminal behavior similar to their biological parents
Robert merton strain theory - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ conformity:
most people conform
Ritualism: just trying to survive in day to day life
Retreatism: not engaging in proper behavior
Rebellion: trying to create new cultural goals
Differential opportunity theory - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔
legitimate and illegitimate means, can depend on race, gender, social
groups (ex: don't think you can get a good job out of college so you start
dealing drugs)
Control theory of social bonds - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔
attachment: bonds you create with your family and peers
Involvement: how involved you are to conforming activities
Commitment: how committed you are to conforming behavior (school)
Belief: how much you believe in laws that we have in place
Sub cultural theory - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Elijah Anderson
went to Philly, lived in a low income neighborhood and learned that
, when these people are unable to achieve goals they find other ways to
achieve success
Class dominant theory - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ those in dominant
power want to protect their interests and control changes, must have a lot
of money to make laws (crack-cocaine laws)
Feminism - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ majority of research done by
and about males, not jus about gender inequality, females were engaging
in deviance because they are more stigmatized
Labeling theory - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ theory that we have
socially constructed deviant behavior
Primary deviance - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ first initial act of
deviant behavior
Secondary deviance - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ once we've placed a
label on someone as being a deviant, we're expecting them to behave in
that way so they do
Differential association theory - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ favorable
vs. Unfavorable definitions of crime - if you have more favorable
definitions of crime, if you think it's okay why wouldn't you do it
GUARANTEED ACCURATE ANSWERS
Deviance - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ behaviors or practices met
with disapproval because they differ from general norm
Crime - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ an act punishable by law, you've
broken the law in some way
Pluralistic society - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ different groups of
people in society with different ideas of what is acceptable (ex:
polygamy)
Phrenology - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ biological perspective theory
that the skull shapes of deviant individuals differ from those of
nondeviants
Atavisms - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ biological perspective: idea
that you can identify criminal and non-criminal body features (large
ears, lips, long arms) and deviant people are more like primitive humans
Nature via nurture - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ idea the nature works
with nurture, you are born with certain characteristics but still depends
on your socialization
,Parent child studies - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ identical twins likely
to engage in same amount of deviance, treated the same because they
look the same, children who are adopted are more likely to engage in
criminal behavior similar to their biological parents
Robert merton strain theory - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ conformity:
most people conform
Ritualism: just trying to survive in day to day life
Retreatism: not engaging in proper behavior
Rebellion: trying to create new cultural goals
Differential opportunity theory - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔
legitimate and illegitimate means, can depend on race, gender, social
groups (ex: don't think you can get a good job out of college so you start
dealing drugs)
Control theory of social bonds - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔
attachment: bonds you create with your family and peers
Involvement: how involved you are to conforming activities
Commitment: how committed you are to conforming behavior (school)
Belief: how much you believe in laws that we have in place
Sub cultural theory - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Elijah Anderson
went to Philly, lived in a low income neighborhood and learned that
, when these people are unable to achieve goals they find other ways to
achieve success
Class dominant theory - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ those in dominant
power want to protect their interests and control changes, must have a lot
of money to make laws (crack-cocaine laws)
Feminism - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ majority of research done by
and about males, not jus about gender inequality, females were engaging
in deviance because they are more stigmatized
Labeling theory - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ theory that we have
socially constructed deviant behavior
Primary deviance - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ first initial act of
deviant behavior
Secondary deviance - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ once we've placed a
label on someone as being a deviant, we're expecting them to behave in
that way so they do
Differential association theory - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ favorable
vs. Unfavorable definitions of crime - if you have more favorable
definitions of crime, if you think it's okay why wouldn't you do it
