SOCIOLOGY 1000: FINAL EXAM 100%
ACCURATE
deviance - ANSWER behavior violating the norms or standards of a group, society or
one's peers
index crimes - ANSWER crimes used by the FBI as summary measures of overall crime
rates
crimes against persons - ANSWER crimes involving the threat of injury or force against
people
ex. robbery, rape, murder
crimes against property - ANSWER crimes involving stealing or damaging property
white-collar crimes - ANSWER crimes committed by relatively affluent white-collar
workers usually in the course of conducting their daily business activities and are
usually possible only because of the social statuses they occupy
ex.price fixing, false advertising
states offence - ANSWER crimes only because of the status of the people who commit
them
ex.illegal aliens
organized crime - ANSWER crimes committed by a collection of criminals who regulate
criminal behavior among themselves
ex. gambling, prostitution
victimless crime - ANSWER acts viewed as crimes in and of themselves even though
they may not impose suffering on others
ex. drug-related crime
stigmatization - ANSWER in which the person is viewed as somehow socially
unacceptable
ex. for religion or race or physical limitation
ostracism - ANSWER the exclusion or banning of a person from the normal activities of
a group
ex. Amish
situated mortality - ANSWER a view of what is morally correct that they recognize is
limited to people in that situation and is widely rejected by the larger society
ex. nudity/nudists
, structural theory of deviance - ANSWER must be understood not as the something
abnormal or defective, but as a natural part of society having important positive
functions
Weber's view - ANSWER 1. social class; wealth and income
2. status- respect accorded a social position and people or occupation in those positions
by others
3. power- the capacity to influence or control behavior of others
wealth - ANSWER the property or economic resources owned by someone
ex. buildings, cars, stocks
income - ANSWER the money they receive as rents, royalties, wages
SES - ANSWER a composite index of socioeconomic status based on occupational
prestige, income and educational attainment
absolute poverty - ANSWER condition of deprivation in which people have too little
money or other resources to obtain all the need for basic survival
relative poverty - ANSWER deprivation experienced by some people in contrast to
others who have more
social groups most likely to be in poverty - ANSWER single parents, racial or ethnic
minorities, women, children
race - ANSWER a category of people who share inherited physical characteristics that
distinguish them from others
ethnicity - ANSWER a category of people defined on the basis of their cultural
characteristics and common cultural heritage
minority groups - ANSWER a subordinate group that occupies an inferior position of
prestige, wealth and power
prejudice - ANSWER consists of rigidly held (usually negative) beliefs and attitudes
toward members of another group or people occupying a social status because they
occupy that status
racism - ANSWER an ideology used to justify prejudice and discrimination toward
members of another race based on a belief in the inherent superiority of one racial
group and the inherent inferiority of others
attitudinal discrimination - ANSWER discrimination that stems from prejudicial attitudes
ACCURATE
deviance - ANSWER behavior violating the norms or standards of a group, society or
one's peers
index crimes - ANSWER crimes used by the FBI as summary measures of overall crime
rates
crimes against persons - ANSWER crimes involving the threat of injury or force against
people
ex. robbery, rape, murder
crimes against property - ANSWER crimes involving stealing or damaging property
white-collar crimes - ANSWER crimes committed by relatively affluent white-collar
workers usually in the course of conducting their daily business activities and are
usually possible only because of the social statuses they occupy
ex.price fixing, false advertising
states offence - ANSWER crimes only because of the status of the people who commit
them
ex.illegal aliens
organized crime - ANSWER crimes committed by a collection of criminals who regulate
criminal behavior among themselves
ex. gambling, prostitution
victimless crime - ANSWER acts viewed as crimes in and of themselves even though
they may not impose suffering on others
ex. drug-related crime
stigmatization - ANSWER in which the person is viewed as somehow socially
unacceptable
ex. for religion or race or physical limitation
ostracism - ANSWER the exclusion or banning of a person from the normal activities of
a group
ex. Amish
situated mortality - ANSWER a view of what is morally correct that they recognize is
limited to people in that situation and is widely rejected by the larger society
ex. nudity/nudists
, structural theory of deviance - ANSWER must be understood not as the something
abnormal or defective, but as a natural part of society having important positive
functions
Weber's view - ANSWER 1. social class; wealth and income
2. status- respect accorded a social position and people or occupation in those positions
by others
3. power- the capacity to influence or control behavior of others
wealth - ANSWER the property or economic resources owned by someone
ex. buildings, cars, stocks
income - ANSWER the money they receive as rents, royalties, wages
SES - ANSWER a composite index of socioeconomic status based on occupational
prestige, income and educational attainment
absolute poverty - ANSWER condition of deprivation in which people have too little
money or other resources to obtain all the need for basic survival
relative poverty - ANSWER deprivation experienced by some people in contrast to
others who have more
social groups most likely to be in poverty - ANSWER single parents, racial or ethnic
minorities, women, children
race - ANSWER a category of people who share inherited physical characteristics that
distinguish them from others
ethnicity - ANSWER a category of people defined on the basis of their cultural
characteristics and common cultural heritage
minority groups - ANSWER a subordinate group that occupies an inferior position of
prestige, wealth and power
prejudice - ANSWER consists of rigidly held (usually negative) beliefs and attitudes
toward members of another group or people occupying a social status because they
occupy that status
racism - ANSWER an ideology used to justify prejudice and discrimination toward
members of another race based on a belief in the inherent superiority of one racial
group and the inherent inferiority of others
attitudinal discrimination - ANSWER discrimination that stems from prejudicial attitudes
