Which statement correctly describes primary deviance?
Correct answer C. Is deviance of which we are all guilty at one time or another
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What does psychosomatic illness involve?
Correct answer C. Anxiety or emotional tension producing physical symptoms
Which treatment for severe mental disorders has been largely abandoned?
Correct answer B. Psychosurgery
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What is another name for cultural transmission theory?
Correct answer B. Differential association theory
Secondary deviance occurs only when people do what?
Correct answer B. Accept the deviant labels and maintain the behaviour
What are embezzlement and fraud examples of?
Correct answer D. White collar crime
What is the most likely cause, or causes, of violence?
Correct answer D. Poverty, drugs and hopelessness
Which two countries have a low rate of street crime?
Correct answer D. Japan and Finland
Which crimes are tolerated more than others because they rarely involve violence?
Correct answer B. All but B
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What is the usual justification given for capital punishment?
Correct answer B. It acts as a deterrent
What is the greatest problem with capital punishment?
Correct answer B. Sometimes an innocent person is put to death
According to Karl Marx, what determines social classes?
Correct answer D. Classes are determined by the relationship of a group in society to the means of production
To what do negative life chances correspond?
Correct answer D. A low position in the stratification system
A janitor takes a job as a security guard because it is closer to home. What kind of mobility is this?
Correct answer D. Horizontal mobility
In which kind of society does stratification occur?
Correct answer C. Surplus
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What is the classical conservative view of stratification?
Correct answer C. Inequality is the law of nature
Which criticisms have been made of structural functionalism?
Correct answer D. All of the above
Which of these criticisms has been made of Marxist theory?
Correct answer B. Marxism tries to explain all social problems
How does a modern definition describe social class?
Correct answer B. Persons who have similar forms of power prestige or wealth
Which of these groups enjoys both high status and wealth in our society?
Correct answer A. Physicians