Sociology 130 quiz 2

Question 1

Incapacitation

Answer 1

The idea that criminals should be licked up or executed so that they cannot commit other crimes
-recidivism

Question 2

How have prisons grown and why

Answer 2

mandatory sentencing
more prison cells built after 1980
More prison guards today than prisoners in 1980
More than doubled # in jail
More people in jail per capita than any other industrialized nation

Question 3

What group does jailing effect the most

Answer 3

Particularly african americans or minorities

Question 4

psychoactive drugs effect what

Answer 4

your brain

Question 5

How are the legality of drug determined (culture or power)

Answer 5

legality of drugs is determined by by culture, not danger

Question 6

Most physical harmful drugs

Answer 6

tobacco/alcohol

Question 7

Most common legal and illegal drugs

Answer 7

legal: caffeine
illegal: marijuana

Question 8

Drugs with worst withdrawals

Answer 8

barbituates and alcohol

Question 9

Drug with highest tolerance

Answer 9

heroin

Question 10

Drug with highest psychological addiction

Answer 10

Cocaine, but any stimulant for psychological addiction

Question 11

Alcohol

Answer 11

Sedative
Most used
Worst withdrawals 
Moderate tolrance
Mod-high psych addiction

Question 12

Tobacco

Answer 12

Addictive
mod withdrawals
mod-high tolerance

Question 13

Marijuana

Answer 13

Most used illegal drug

Low tolerance

Question 14

Stimulants;Caffeine, nicotine, cocaine

Answer 14

withdrawal moderate

psych addiction high

Question 15

Sedatives Hypnotics :barbituates & tranquilizers

Answer 15

suppress central nervous system

highest worst withdrawals

Question 16

Opiates

Answer 16

Natural and synthetic depressants
heroin, meth, opium, oxycontin
Highest addiction (meth)

Question 17

psychedelics

Answer 17

LSD

sweeping psychological effects but not vey addictive

Question 18

Repression

Answer 18

punishment-when seen as a solution
drug use is a crime and evil
Little deterrence, stigma stronger
Weaknesses- deviance, organized crime, costs of jail, inequity-powerless poor minorites

Question 19

A different approach to prevent drug use

Answer 19

Illness-people are sick, so treat them

Question 20

Traditional psych as therapy for drug use

Answer 20

psychotherapy only a little helpful

Question 21

Behaviorist as therapy for drug use

Answer 21

negative conditioning

Question 22

Peers as therapy for drug use

Answer 22

Social pressure most powerful

power of the group

Question 23

Antagonists therapy

Answer 23

Antabuse-violent reaction

Question 24

Substitute for heroin

Answer 24

methadone-artificial opiate

Question 25

addictive drug therapy through government

Answer 25

government provides drug of choicwe

Question 26

social reforms of drugs legalization and decriminalization

Answer 26

think about the two