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INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY FINAL EXAM VERSION 2 LATEST
2025/2026 ACTUAL EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+| ||PROFESSOR VERIFIED|| ||BRANDNEW!!!||
2. What was Robert K. Merton's theory of crime?
a. People are more likely to commit a crime when they do not
have the opportunity to pursue the goals—such as the
accumulation of material wealth—that their society sets.
b. People are more likely to commit a crime if they associate with
carriers of criminal norms.
c. People are more likely to commit a crime when they have the
opportunity to steal from someone who trusts them.
d. People are more likely to commit a crime if they have
committed a crime already. - ANSWER-a
3. Compared with ordinary crimes against property (robberies,
burglaries, larceny, and so on), the amount of money
stolen in white-collar crime (tax fraud, insurance fraud, and so on)
is
a. about the same. Crimes against property cost the nation about
as much as white-collar crime.
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b. less. White-collar crimes involve only one-quarter of the money
involved in crimes against property.
c. more. White-collar crime involves perhaps forty times as much
money as crimes against property.
d. not really comparable. White-collar crimes such as
embezzlement affect very few people. - ANSWER-c
4. Why did Émile Durkheim think a certain amount of crime was
functional for society?
a. It provides a healthy release for male aggression.
b. It highlights the boundaries of social norms.
c. It keeps the police and court system active.
d. The existence of crime makes law-abiding citizens more careful
about protecting their property. - ANSWER-b
5. What is the essence of labeling theory?
a. It is not the act that makes one a deviant, but rather the way
others react to the act.
b. Deviance occurs when an individual's bonds to conventional
society are inadequate.
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c. We learn deviant behavior from our contacts with primary
groups, such as peers, family members, and coworkers.
d. Deviants resist the labels they are given by law enforcement
authorities. - ANSWER-a
6. What is the best definition of norms?
a. formally crafted, written guidelines that citizens of a nation must
follow
b. ordinances applicable to a given metropolitan area
c. modes of action that do not conform to the values held by most
members of a society
d. the do's and don'ts of society - ANSWER-d
What is the definition of family? Kinship? Marriage? Cohabitation?
- ANSWER-family as a socially recognized group (usually joined
by blood, marriage, cohabitation, or adoption) that forms an
emotional connection and serves as an economic unit of society
Kinship is the most universal and basic of all human relationships
and is based on ties of blood, marriage, or adoption
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marriage is considered a permanent social and legal contract and
relationship between two people that is based on mutual rights
and obligations among the spouses. ... But regardless, it typically
signals a sexual relationship between two people
Cohabitation is when two people who are romantically involved
choose to live together without making the formal commitment of
marriage.
How did the meanings of marriage change over time? How was
the premodern family in the United States different from the
modern family? - ANSWER-• Colonial families were organized
around work and community obligation & were kept in line with
highly structured authority
with modernity cam eth separation of spheres, men went to work
for capitalists & women stayed home
community obligation and were kept in line with highly structured
authority
• - ANSWER-With modernity came a separation of spheres: men
went to work for capitalists and women stayed home
INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY FINAL EXAM VERSION 2 LATEST
2025/2026 ACTUAL EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+| ||PROFESSOR VERIFIED|| ||BRANDNEW!!!||
2. What was Robert K. Merton's theory of crime?
a. People are more likely to commit a crime when they do not
have the opportunity to pursue the goals—such as the
accumulation of material wealth—that their society sets.
b. People are more likely to commit a crime if they associate with
carriers of criminal norms.
c. People are more likely to commit a crime when they have the
opportunity to steal from someone who trusts them.
d. People are more likely to commit a crime if they have
committed a crime already. - ANSWER-a
3. Compared with ordinary crimes against property (robberies,
burglaries, larceny, and so on), the amount of money
stolen in white-collar crime (tax fraud, insurance fraud, and so on)
is
a. about the same. Crimes against property cost the nation about
as much as white-collar crime.
,2|Page
b. less. White-collar crimes involve only one-quarter of the money
involved in crimes against property.
c. more. White-collar crime involves perhaps forty times as much
money as crimes against property.
d. not really comparable. White-collar crimes such as
embezzlement affect very few people. - ANSWER-c
4. Why did Émile Durkheim think a certain amount of crime was
functional for society?
a. It provides a healthy release for male aggression.
b. It highlights the boundaries of social norms.
c. It keeps the police and court system active.
d. The existence of crime makes law-abiding citizens more careful
about protecting their property. - ANSWER-b
5. What is the essence of labeling theory?
a. It is not the act that makes one a deviant, but rather the way
others react to the act.
b. Deviance occurs when an individual's bonds to conventional
society are inadequate.
,3|Page
c. We learn deviant behavior from our contacts with primary
groups, such as peers, family members, and coworkers.
d. Deviants resist the labels they are given by law enforcement
authorities. - ANSWER-a
6. What is the best definition of norms?
a. formally crafted, written guidelines that citizens of a nation must
follow
b. ordinances applicable to a given metropolitan area
c. modes of action that do not conform to the values held by most
members of a society
d. the do's and don'ts of society - ANSWER-d
What is the definition of family? Kinship? Marriage? Cohabitation?
- ANSWER-family as a socially recognized group (usually joined
by blood, marriage, cohabitation, or adoption) that forms an
emotional connection and serves as an economic unit of society
Kinship is the most universal and basic of all human relationships
and is based on ties of blood, marriage, or adoption
, 4|Page
marriage is considered a permanent social and legal contract and
relationship between two people that is based on mutual rights
and obligations among the spouses. ... But regardless, it typically
signals a sexual relationship between two people
Cohabitation is when two people who are romantically involved
choose to live together without making the formal commitment of
marriage.
How did the meanings of marriage change over time? How was
the premodern family in the United States different from the
modern family? - ANSWER-• Colonial families were organized
around work and community obligation & were kept in line with
highly structured authority
with modernity cam eth separation of spheres, men went to work
for capitalists & women stayed home
community obligation and were kept in line with highly structured
authority
• - ANSWER-With modernity came a separation of spheres: men
went to work for capitalists and women stayed home
