Social norms are:
Correct answer D. rules and expectations about interaction that regulate social life
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What is the process by which cultural traits spread from one group or society to another called?
Correct answer C. Cultural diffusion
Which of these is an example of ‘third generation’ or true cybercrime?
Correct answer B. The vandalizing of virtual environments
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What is the psychological stress a person feels when facing rapid cultural change called?
Correct answer C. Culture shock
Who first brought the concept of anomie into sociology?
Correct answer D. Durkheim
Who argued, when discussing scientific method, that social facts exist independently and must be studied as such?
Correct answer B. Emile Durkheim
Which approach sees deviance as a process of interaction through which a group comes to be defined as deviant, rather than a trait of the group?
Correct answer D. Labelling theory
Which policy is supported by broken windows theory?
Correct answer A. Zero tolerance
What does ‘alteration’ describe as a state of affairs?
Correct answer D. None of these
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When companies fail to comply with the legal regulations that apply to them, what is this an example of?
Correct answer B. Corporate crime
What are songs, languages and orchestral performances examples of?
Correct answer B. Nonmaterial culture
Which of these is a restorative justice strategy?
Correct answer B. Community service
Which of these is NOT an example of an American folkway?
Correct answer B. The habit of driving on the right-hand side of the road
If a deviant act is ‘normalised’, how is it viewed?
Correct answer B. Seen a temporary aberration from an otherwise normal character
What are the patterned, recurring features of life found in every known society called?
Correct answer B. Cultural universals
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Where was Ibn Khaldun born?
Correct answer A. North Africa
White-collar crime is low in visibility because?
Correct answer D. It goes undetected in the context of everyday business transactions
Which statement describes a subculture?
Correct answer C. Includes members of a group that participate in the main culture while sharing another culture
What kind of theory did Ibn Khaldun develop?
Correct answer B. Social conflict
Praising your lecturer for an especially inspiring lecture comments on which aspect of their position?
Correct answer A. Role performance