Final Exam

Question 1

Anderson’s “the code of the streets”

Answer 1

Culture explanation of deviance - how culture can promote gang violence

Question 2

Deviance

Answer 2

When someone violates the Social norm

Question 3

Social control

Answer 3

A formal or informal mechanism that is used to limit deviance and maintain conformity to social norms

Question 4

Durkheim’s theory of deviance

Answer 4

Deviance is a normal and necessary part of any social organization

Question 5

Moynihan’s thesis

Answer 5

There is a constant amount of deviance and social control in every society

Question 6

Merton’s structural strain theory

Answer 6

Deviance is related to the social structures

Question 7

Conformity

Answer 7

Agreeing to the goals and agreeing to the routes/means of society

Question 8

Innovation

Answer 8

Agreeing to the goals and rejecting the routes/means of society

Question 9

Ritualism

Answer 9

Rejecting the goals and agreeing to the routes/means of society (give up on goals)

Question 10

Retreatism

Answer 10

Reject the goals and the routes/means of society

Question 11

Rebellion

Answer 11

Reject the goals and routes/means of society BUT create new ones

Question 12

Why is structural stain theory important

Answer 12

Crime goes down

Question 13

Loe’s “Moral Deregulation and a Cultural Mess” says:

Answer 13

Social change is bad

Question 14

Dreier’s “How will you spend the 21st century says:

Answer 14

Social change is good

Question 15

What is social change?

Answer 15

The transformation of social structures over time (including culture and social institutions like family, law, work, and education, etc)

Question 16

All cultures change over time

Answer 16

True

Question 17

Changes in gender roles for men and women

Answer 17

Men clean house more
It’s ok for women to be single
Women are outnumbering men in higher education
40% households have moms that provide all or most family income
16% of house buyers are single women vs 9% single men

Over all, women are more dominant now

Question 18

Changes in technology

Answer 18

More computer access

Question 19

Marriage is increasingly an upper class phenomenon

Answer 19

True

Question 20

Urban areas are decreasing in wealth

Answer 20

False

Question 21

US teen birth rate has fallen over time

Answer 21

True

Question 22

McKibben’s “Deep Economy” describes:

Answer 22

Culture analysis of environment…

Question 23

Gillis’s “Sun and wind alter Global landscaping”

Answer 23

Discusses renewal energy in Germany

Question 24

Environmental Sociology

Answer 24

Studies the complex relationship between human societies and the natural environment

Question 25

Environmental Racism

Answer 25

Relationship between race and environment

Question 26

Environmental Classism

Answer 26

Relationship between social class and entertainment

Question 27

Urban Sprawl

Answer 27

Problem in Indiana Cities grow out and not up

Question 28

Indiana is very polluted

Answer 28

True

Question 29

Program Evaluations

Answer 29

Sociologist use these to see if a program is effective

Question 30

Symbolic interactions and health

Answer 30

Culture shapes health

Question 31

Stigma

Answer 31

When ppl are apressed in everyday life because they have been labeled

Question 32

Social epidemiology

Answer 32

Studies who gets sick

Question 33

Socialized Health Care

Answer 33

Government operates (owns) payment & medical industry Example) England

Question 34

Single-payer health care

Answer 34

Government operates payment Ex) Canada

Question 35

Laissez-Faire health care

Answer 35

All private Ex) US

Question 36

Does the IS have the best health care system?

Answer 36

No

Question 37

Does the us have the most expensive health care system

Answer 37

Yes

Question 38

The IS is the only developed county with no universal system

Answer 38

True