3/15/25, 7:57 AM SOC 100 Exam 2 Purdue Flashcards | Quizlet
SOC 100 Exam 2 Purdue LATEST VERSION
2025\2026 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS \\\VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADED A+
overemphasis on credentials such as degrees for
signaling social status or job qualifications; legitimizes
credentialism class inequality; legacy admissions even though worse
grades; elite high school go to ivy leagues even
though worse grades
most effective approach provision of universal elementary education
to Econ development and
growth is ______
1/11
, 3/15/25, 7:57 AM SOC 100 Exam 2 Purdue Flashcards | Quizlet
deviant behavior nonconformity to/violation of a set of cultural norms
informal deviance minor transgressions of norms
crime; violation of norms that have been codified into
formal deviance
law (not all crime is deviant)
_________ can determine social status
what is or is not
considered deviant.
Biological/psychological Caesar Lombroso observed physical traits of
perspective on deviance criminals, but non criminals may have same features
Durkheim said deviance is inevitable & performs
Functionalist perspective
useful functions: 1. brings people together (group
on deviance
solidarity) and 2. force innovation & change
part of functionalist pov on deviance; common set of
norms & beliefs about how the world works; binds
collective conscience
people together, encourages conformity, defines
what is considered deviant and how it is punished
sense of aimlessness when norms no longer strongly
anomie pertaining to
guide individual behavior and social life is no longer
deviance
predictable
Merton; anomie and deviance are built into the
structure of modern society bc norms do not match
Strain Theory of deviance
social structure; says that anomie and deviance occur
(Functionalist)
when a society doesn't give all its members equal
means to achieve socially acceptable goals
when do you feel strain when you're unable to achieve cultural goals through
theory culturally approved means
Differential Association says deviant behavior is learned through a
theory of deviance socialization process that occurs from associating
(Symbolic interactionism) with others who engage in crime
2/11
SOC 100 Exam 2 Purdue LATEST VERSION
2025\2026 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS \\\VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADED A+
overemphasis on credentials such as degrees for
signaling social status or job qualifications; legitimizes
credentialism class inequality; legacy admissions even though worse
grades; elite high school go to ivy leagues even
though worse grades
most effective approach provision of universal elementary education
to Econ development and
growth is ______
1/11
, 3/15/25, 7:57 AM SOC 100 Exam 2 Purdue Flashcards | Quizlet
deviant behavior nonconformity to/violation of a set of cultural norms
informal deviance minor transgressions of norms
crime; violation of norms that have been codified into
formal deviance
law (not all crime is deviant)
_________ can determine social status
what is or is not
considered deviant.
Biological/psychological Caesar Lombroso observed physical traits of
perspective on deviance criminals, but non criminals may have same features
Durkheim said deviance is inevitable & performs
Functionalist perspective
useful functions: 1. brings people together (group
on deviance
solidarity) and 2. force innovation & change
part of functionalist pov on deviance; common set of
norms & beliefs about how the world works; binds
collective conscience
people together, encourages conformity, defines
what is considered deviant and how it is punished
sense of aimlessness when norms no longer strongly
anomie pertaining to
guide individual behavior and social life is no longer
deviance
predictable
Merton; anomie and deviance are built into the
structure of modern society bc norms do not match
Strain Theory of deviance
social structure; says that anomie and deviance occur
(Functionalist)
when a society doesn't give all its members equal
means to achieve socially acceptable goals
when do you feel strain when you're unable to achieve cultural goals through
theory culturally approved means
Differential Association says deviant behavior is learned through a
theory of deviance socialization process that occurs from associating
(Symbolic interactionism) with others who engage in crime
2/11
