SOC 203 Week 3 Quiz

1. Which term indicates the likely return to crime of past criminals?

Rehabilitation

Incarceration

Recidivism

Probation

2. What type of crime does Megan’s Law address?

Gun violence

Kidnapping

Child sexual abuse

Elder abuse

3. Which of the following is NOT a major factor in the entry into war?

Land disputes

Gender inequality

Ideological disagreements

Natural resources

4. Which of the following is NOT one of the components of the tripartite model of the connection between substance abuse and crime?

Emotional instability

Trafficking-related violence

Economic motivation

Value disintegration

5. Which sociological theory presumes that crimes occur in order to serve a purpose in society?

Race-centered perspective

Functionalist perspective

Feminist perspective

Conflict perspective

6. The drugs that have been made illegal by law are the most harmful to society.

True

False

7. Sociological data suggests that ______ in 5 women are victims of sexual assault during their college years.

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8. Which drug contributes to the most deaths worldwide?

Marijuana

Alcohol

Tobacco

Pain killers

9. What is the most prevalent form of domestic violence?

Elder abuse

Parent abuse

Sibling abuse

Self-neglect

10. Which sociological phenomenon describes the idea that women are more likely to receive shorted sentences from judges as a result of their gender?

Doing gender

The chivalry hypothesis

Gender profiling

Feminine stereotyping

1. Who was disproportionately affected by the U.S. housing crisis?

Women

Hispanics

Students

Asian Americans

2. The U.S. Census is an example of a qualitative method of analysis.

True

False

3. Which of the following is NOT a method of qualitative analysis?

Interviews

Focus groups

Census

Observation

4. ALL BUT ONE of the following developed nations has more upward mobility than the United States:

Norway

Spain

Canada

France

5. According to the text, the difference between individual __________________ and a social problem depends on the societal condition reflected by the issue.

responsibility

capabilities

violations

deviance

6. In an attempt to completely understand a social problem, which theory might be best applied?

The Marxist Conflict Perspective

Weber’s Conflict Perspective

The Functionalist Perspective

A combination of theories should be applied.

7. Which type of interaction defines other groups as morally or intellectually inferior?

Defensive othering

Oppressive othering

Trading power for patronage

Boundary maintenance

8. What type of consumption reflects economic inequality and contributes to social inequity?

cultural

materialist

governmental

conspicuous

9. The symbolic meaning of gestures is culturally relative.

True

False

10. What allows us to distinguish a societal problem from an individual problem?

The sociological lens

The sociological imagination

Public issues debates

Personal testimonies