Primary groups are judged by them______________?

A. Efficiency
B. Emotional satisfaction
C. Task
D. None of these

Personality is formed in_______________?

A. Primary group
B. Secondary group
C. Both groups
D. None of these

“Geme in schaft”refers to a social system in which most relationships are _______________?

A. Personal or traditional
B. Impersonal
C. Organizational
D. None of these

Close friends who have known each other since childhood would be an example of a (n)_______________?

A. Primary group
B. Secondary group
C. Out-groups
D. Formal organizations

Functionalists view social control as_______________?

A. Operating to favor powerful groups at the expense of others
B. An indispensable functional requirement for social survival
C. A source of social chaos
D. Both b and c

The social condition in which people find it difficult to guide their behavior by norms they experience as weak unclear or conflicting is called______________?

A. Social disorganization
B. Anomie
C. Deviance
D. None of the above

Fred is a intelligent student Last year he was on the honor roll This year he began hanging out with friends who spend more time playing video games than studying they routinely earn C, s and D, s Over time Fred slowly stops doing his homework and turning in work for extra credit. He drops out of his honors classes and his grades drop out from mostly A, s to C, s Which theory of deviance best explains what has happened here ?

A. Structural strain theory
B. Social control theory
C. Differential association theory
D. Each of these theories explains the situation equally well

Conflict theorists_____________?

A. Emphasize that the values of society serve all members of society
B. See the capitalist ruling class as protecting the masses
C. Argue that criminal acts are acts which the ruling class brands as criminal
D. None of the above reflects the thinking of conflict theorists

In order for a deviant act to be considered a crime______________?

A. The state must undertake a political process of criminalizing it
B. It must be committed by someone labelled a criminal
C. It must involve the violation of a person or property
D. The majority of the population must consider the act criminal

Labeling theorists________________?

A. Focus on why individuals engage in deviant behavior
B. Contend that some acts such as rape are inherently criminal
C. Contend that labeling people as deviant has no effect on their behavior
D. Contend that in many cases those labeled deviant identity and pursue a career of deviance