Sociology Final

Question 1

What is the most important of all resources in poverty?

Answer 1

Emotional resources

Question 2

What are the 5 registers of language?

Answer 2

Frozen
Formal
Consultative
Casual 
Intimate

Question 3

Definition of frozen register and example

Answer 3

Language that is always the same

ex. wedding vows, pledge

Question 4

Definition of formal register and example

Answer 4

sentence syntax and word choice of work and school

ex. listening in lecture

Question 5

Definition of consultative register and example

Answer 5

formal register when used in conversation, not quite as direct
ex. going in professor office to talk

Question 6

Definition of casual register and example

Answer 6

Conversation is dependent on nonverbal assists.

ex. hand gestures while talking

Question 7

Definition of intimate register and example

Answer 7

language between LOVERS or TWINS (bedroom talk)

Question 8

What is often part of reality of generational poverty?

Answer 8

Instability of housing, violence, food insecurity, unaddressed health issues, predators, homelessness, death, lots of time at agencies getting assistance.

Question 9

Economic traits of the culture of poverty?

Answer 9

struggle for survival, unemployment/underemployment, low wages, unskilled, child labor, no savings, shortage of cash, low food, buy small quantities of food at a time, pawn personal goods, borrow local money, second-hand clothing/furniture.

Question 10

What is the most important social system?

Answer 10

family

Question 11

what is being in poverty rarely about?

Answer 11

lack of intelligence, or ability

Question 12

Co-dependence?

Answer 12

constant fluctuation between dependence and independence (up & down)

Question 13

What’s the best way to stay out of the karpman triangle

Answer 13

Not to get there in the first place

Question 14

Middle class makes their decisions about time and money against what 3 factors

Answer 14

work, achievement, and material

Question 15

What do people in poverty use discipline as?

Answer 15

a method of correction to address inappropriate behavior in order to change that behavior

Question 16

What do people in poverty use punishment as?

Answer 16

tends to be about penance and forgiveness, not necessarily change

Question 17

What is love like in poverty

Answer 17

conditional

Question 18

What are 2 anchors of a discipline program that move students to self governance

Answer 18

structure and choice

Question 19

Symbolic interactionalism

Answer 19

deviant behavior can be unlearned

ascribing a label of deviant to a behavior that does not meet society’s expectations

Question 20

Conflict Theory

Answer 20

Things that give power to the poor

deviant is that which disadvantages the wealthy

Question 21

Control Theory

Answer 21

all have the potential to commit deviant behavior

1. accept rules
2. invest our time in legitimate activites
3. no time for deviant; activities=legitimate
4. want tp be accepted by others

Question 22

Cultural Transmission

Answer 22

deviant behavior is passed from one group to another based on interaction & the environment of the interaction
“everybody is doing it”

Question 23

3 determiners of deviance?

Answer 23

time
place
Consensus

Question 24

Steps of strain theory

Answer 24

1. Conformity - accept/accept
2. Innovation - accept/reject
3. Ritualism - reject/accept
4. Retreatism - reject/reject
5. Rebellion -reject/sub. / reject/sub.

Question 25

The child voice

Answer 25

victim, defensive, emotional, whining

Question 26

Examples of child voice

Answer 26

``` i hate you youre ugly he/she did it you don't love me quit picking on me ```

Question 27

The parent voice

Answer 27

authoritive, directive, judgemental, demanding, punitive, threatening, win-lose

Question 28

Examples of parent voice

Answer 28

you should/shouldnt do that do as I say life's not fair, get busy why can't you be like .... ?

Question 29

The adult voice

Answer 29

not judgemental, free of negativity, nonverbals, factual, often in question format, win-win

Question 30

Examples of adult voice

Answer 30

In what ways could this be resolved? I would like to recommend We agree to disagree

Question 31

Structural Functionalism

Answer 31

erodes trust for society members encourages others to be non-conformists create conflict in individuals uses valuable resources that could be utilized elsewhere

Question 32

Blue collar crime (street crime) with example

Answer 32

there's an obvious victim | rape, murder, robbery

Question 33

White collar crime with example

Answer 33

crime committed by "respectable" people in the course of their occupation embezzlement, insider trading, price fixing, computer crimes

Question 34

Alternatives to prison with example

Answer 34

Shock probation - part served in jail-remainder on probation Community based program- prisoners out in community for a day Diversion- referral of prisoners to community based treatment programs ... example; halfway house, rehab, guidance programs

Question 35

Societal / outside reasons recidivism is high

Answer 35

not able to get a job no social skills excluded from community no internal regulation skills

Question 36

Reasons jail is hard to leave

Answer 36

``` serve as schools basic neccessities beome dependent on what prison provides safer inside education attained loyal friend within prison ```

Question 37

Recidivism and rate in america

Answer 37

return to prison after release | 30-60%

Question 38

Deviance

Answer 38

behavior that violates the accpeted standards of conduct within a society (+) or (-)

Question 39

Deviants

Answer 39

persons who engage in behavior that violates the accepted​ standards of a society

Question 40

The key to get out of poverty

Answer 40

education

Question 41

motivator in poverty is

Answer 41

relationships

Question 42

Most important resource is

Answer 42

emotional