SOCIOLOGY CHAPTER 7 KEY EXAM QUESTIONS
And CORRECT Answers
According to Robert Merton's strain theory, the term ________ correctly describes the behavior
of a school "dropout" who rejects both cultural goals and the conventional means to reach
them. - CORRECT ANSWERS retreatist
If a parent threatens a child with punishment in order to discourage wrongdoing, the parent is
using punishment to accomplish - CORRECT ANSWERS deterrence.
Crime committed by persons of high social position during the course of their occupations is
called - CORRECT ANSWERS white-collar crime.
In his study of New England's Puritans, Kai Erikson concluded that - CORRECT
ANSWERS even this disciplined and highly religious group created deviance to clarify the
moral boundaries of their community.
According to Robert Merton's strain theory, how would you classify a low-paid, yet compulsively
conforming bank teller who never seems to want to get ahead but never seems to do anything
wrong? - CORRECT ANSWERS ritualist
Prostitution is widely regarded as a - CORRECT ANSWERS victimless crime.
One of the social foundations of deviance is that - CORRECT ANSWERS deviance exists
only in relation to cultural norms.
Thomas Szasz made the controversial assertion that - CORRECT ANSWERS mental illness is
a myth so that "insanity" is only "differences" that bother other people.
And CORRECT Answers
According to Robert Merton's strain theory, the term ________ correctly describes the behavior
of a school "dropout" who rejects both cultural goals and the conventional means to reach
them. - CORRECT ANSWERS retreatist
If a parent threatens a child with punishment in order to discourage wrongdoing, the parent is
using punishment to accomplish - CORRECT ANSWERS deterrence.
Crime committed by persons of high social position during the course of their occupations is
called - CORRECT ANSWERS white-collar crime.
In his study of New England's Puritans, Kai Erikson concluded that - CORRECT
ANSWERS even this disciplined and highly religious group created deviance to clarify the
moral boundaries of their community.
According to Robert Merton's strain theory, how would you classify a low-paid, yet compulsively
conforming bank teller who never seems to want to get ahead but never seems to do anything
wrong? - CORRECT ANSWERS ritualist
Prostitution is widely regarded as a - CORRECT ANSWERS victimless crime.
One of the social foundations of deviance is that - CORRECT ANSWERS deviance exists
only in relation to cultural norms.
Thomas Szasz made the controversial assertion that - CORRECT ANSWERS mental illness is
a myth so that "insanity" is only "differences" that bother other people.
