Which sociological perspective is most aligned with a theorist who sees the law as an instrument of oppression and?

1. True or false?

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   • Which sociological perspective is most aligned with a theorist who sees the law as an instrument?
   • What is the sociological perspective of law?
   • What are the 4 sociological perspective?
   • What are the 3 theories perspectives of sociology?

   Karl marx believed that the bitter struggle between capitalists and workers would only end when the workers united in revolution to form a classless society.
   

   True

2. True or false?

   Emilie Durkheim conducted a study on suicide rates and found that religion and marital status played a role in likelihood of committing suicide.
   

   True

3. True or false?

   Max Weber explained that we should conduct research "value free." Today sociologists are always value free and never allow bias to enter their research.
   

   False

4. True or false?

   W.E.B. DeBois helped found the national Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and encourgaed social action to fight the exploitation of African Americans.
   

   True

5. True or false?

   An example of subculture would be a sports team. While still part of dominate culture, they are thier own group.
   

   True

6. Gestures and other forms of body language are universal methods of communication and are understood by everyone everywhere as the same thing.
   

   False

7. True or false?

   The consequence of violating taboos, mores, and folkways result in similar, if not identical responses showing that there is no difference between any of them.
   

   False

8. Piaget identified four (4) stages of developing one's cognitive skills, but noted that we do not all reach the forth stage.
   

   True

9. True or false?

   If we work hard and follow the rules, we can change our ascribed statuses.
   

   False

10. True or false?

    Behaviors, obligations, and privileges attached to a position a person occupies in life are called roles.
    

    True

11. True or false?

    The society that is given credit for ushering the "Dawn of Civilization" is the Biotechnology Society.
    

    False

12. True or false?

    Biologists explined that our genetics are wy we are deviant.
    

    True

13. True or false?

    When being deviant, it means that you are breaking the law.
    

    False

14. True or false?

    All of us are deviants of one sort or another because we all violate norms from time to time.
    

    True

15. True or false?

    Jail has been proven an effective deterrent (way of stopping us from) of committing a crime.
    

    False

16. True or false?

    The United States has never taken part in any form of colonialism, exploiting another, weaker nation for its natural resources.
    

    False

17. True or false?

    The United States has never exerienced a cast-like system.
    

    False

18. True or false?

    controlling ideas/thoughts is more effective than force when it comes to the powerful and elite remaining in power and continuing to be elite.
    

    True

19. ___ offers us the opportunity to look at the world through sociological lenses.

    C. the sociological perspective

20. The first African American to earn a doctrate degree at Harvard University was...

    A. W.E.B. DuBois

21. Many African Americans feel the flag of the Confederate State of America, "The Stars and Bars," is a sign of racial hatred. States' rights advocates view the same flag as "heritage, not hatred." Such a difference of opinion over the same material objects is an illustration of whih sociological perspective?

    D. symbolic experimentation

22. Overtime, words have changes in meaning socially. The word "awsome" use to be reserved for true, awe-inspiring moments. Now we, as a society, use it to describe anything that is enjoyable. In this view, which sociological perspective is being used?

    A. symbolic interaction

23. The sociological research that included deceiving the participant in order to study their level of obedience to those who apper of higher authority was done by ___.

    D. Stanley Milgram

24. Disorientation experienced by being surrounded by an unfamiliar culture is referred to as...

    D. culture shock

25. after having successfully negotiated an important business contract with a major client, Phil's boss congratulated him and promised him a significant pay raise. In this situation, Phil has received what sociologists call...

    A. positive sanction

26. What is the fundamental concept of the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis?

    a. Body language is a universal constant in communication.

    b. When we learn language, we also learn ways of thinking and perceiving.

    c. Cultural differences among groups of people are minor and the need for cultural universal.

    d. People hace instinctual differences that it manifested through their language.

    b. When we learn language, we also learn ways of thinking and perceiving.

27. Tim and nikki went walking through the park. Both of them were wearing nothing on the upper half of their bodies. Tim would be violating a ___. Nikki would be violating a ___.

    A. folkway; more

28. What is counter-culture?

    a. a group that has its own values and norms but still identifies with the dominant culture.

    b. a group that has values in opposition to the dominant culture.

    c. any sub-unit of the main culture.

    d. A group with the same values as the dominant culture.

    b. a group that has values in opposition to the dominant culture.

29. What effects did two years of intensive language training have on Isabelle, and isolated child discovered in Ohio in 1939?

    She reached an intellectual level norm for her age at 8 1/2 years old.

30. What was the result of the training given to Anna, and isolated child discovered in 1940?

    She died at the age 10 with a mental level of a 2 1/2 year old.

31. According to Charles H. Cooley, how do we devlop our self-concept?

    a. our self-concept is inherited based on the genetic characteristice of our parents.

    b. our self-concept develops from interpreting other's reactions to us.

    c. our self-concept is a product of social learning and self disipline.

    d. our self-concept is a result of interpreting our personal feelings about ourselves.

    b. our self-concept develops from interpreting other's reactions to us.

32. Which of the following is not one of the three stages in George Mead's model on the development of the self?

    A. self-actualization stage

33. Another term for Freud's concept of the superego is...

    B. moral conscience (nun on shoulder)

34. Jarrett is looking forward to the football game Sunday night. However, he also has a sociology exam Monday morning. while he struggles to decide what to do, he finally decides to study before the game, watch the game, and then wake up early to continue studying before the test. Freud would say Jarrett is following his...

    D. ego

35. Defines what is good/bad, pretty/ugly, etc.

    Values

36. Piaget's stage for abstract thought.

    Formal Operational

37. Using previously collected data to consuct your research.

    Secondary data analysis

38. Freud's balance decision maker.

    Ego

39. Chales H. Cooley's theory.

    Looking glass self

40. Society's expectation of behavior.

    Norms

41. Bourgeosie vs. Proletariat

    conflict theory

42. Others reactions to your behavior

    sanctions

43. First agent of socialization

    parents

44. Freud's pleasure-oriented decision maker

    id

45. looking at another culture through your own.

    Ethnocentrism

46. Herbert Spencer's theory that only the fittest members of society deserve to survive and that social programs to help the poor will ultimately weaken the social order is a doctrine know as...

    social darwinism

47. The sociologist who studied social life in both the United States and great Britain and documented the results in the Society in America and translated Comte's work from french to english was...

    Harriet Martineau

48. The sociologist who studied the Tea Room Trade and violated research ethics to further interview the participants was...

    Laud Humphreys

49. ___ Wanted to explain why Nazis followed Hitler's commands by conducting an unethical study that made participants believe that they had killed someone.

    Stanley Milgram

50. A system of symbols that can be strung together in a infinite number of ways for the purpose of communicating abstract thoght is called...

    language

51. When a group has values that are in opposition to the dominate culture and wants to change the dominate culture, the group would be considered a[n]

    Counter-culture

52. In te Spring of 2010, Jaycee was found by officials after 18 years of missing. She was found being held captive in the backyard of a husband and wife. While she was able to communicate and keep basic hygiene (showing intelligence), she had a limited understanding of the out-side world. Jaycee is and example of a[n]...

    Instititionalized child

53. Bruce is eight [8] years old and loves to play soccer at school. While he may not fully understand the rules, he is learning about the rules from coaches andreferees (not his parents) and how to work with hs team mates. According to Mead's theory, he is in the ___ stage.

    Team games

54. The opposite of ethnocentrism is ...

    cultural relativism

55. Morris is two[2] years old and is beginning to talk and communicate. He has learned the meaning of "No" and is using it often to answer questions. According to Piaget, Morris is in the ___ stage.

    Preoperational

56. The process of learning new norms, values, attitudes, and behaviors- or having to learn them again- is called...

    resocialization

57. Which of the following statements is least true of an ascribed status?

    a. an ascribed status is involuntary.

    b. Race, ethnicity, and social class at birth are examples of ascribed status.

    c. Ascribed statuses provide guidelines for how we are to act and feel.

    d.Certain ascribed statuses are choosen by the individual.

    d.Certain ascribed statuses are choosen by the individual.

58. Chester was recently paroled after srving a prison sentence for child molestation. A condition of parole was that Chester place a state-issued sign in his yard stating, "Warning: A Convicted Sex Offender Lives Here." In view of this, the sign Chester has placed in his yard will serve as ...

    D. A status symbol

59. The domestication of plants/animals: Pastoral___:Industrial Revolution (Which invention started the Industrial Revolution according to the History of Society?)

    B. Invention of the steam engine

60. Alice is getting ready for an interview with a potential employer. She has picked out a blazer and skirt and has had her hair done at the beauty shop. alice is relying on her manner and her appearance to communicate to the employer that she would be an excellen employee. According to Goffman, Alice would be engages in ...

    B. Impression management

61. In class we explained that people do not like those who are deviant because...

    B. It makes people unpredictable

62. We went over the explanations of deviance from a biological, psychological, and sociological point of view. Which one did we not cover?

    E. None of the above

63. What is the major difference between white-collar crime and urban poor crime?

    a. white-collar crime is an act committed in the course of a legitimate occupation (such as a corporation), but street crime is not.

    b. street crime is victimless crime, while white-collar crime is organized crime.

    c. white-collar crime and street crime is the same thing.

    d. white-collar crime is always a good thing.

    a. white-collar crime is an act committed in the course of a legitimate occupation (such as a corporation), but street crime is not.

64. which sociological persepcetive is most closley aligned with a theorist that sees the law as an instrument of oppression and a tool designed to maintain the powerful in their privileged positions?

    B. conflict perspective

65. The division of large numbers of people into layers according to their relative power, property, and prestige is called...

    C. social stratification

66. Joyrum is a member of the Brahman caste. In view of this, which of the following occupations or positions does he hold in his community?

    A. Priest

67. what did Marx believe was the primary factor that distinguished between the different classes under industrial capitalism?

    A. relationship to the means of production.

68. which statement best describes the British class system.

    A. 50% lower class, 49% middle class, and 1% upper class

69. Explained that everything we do is a performance-dramaturgy.

    Ervin goffman

70. The violation of norms.

    Deviance

71. We do not define consequences as real until we are faced with them.

    Thomas Theorem

72. Argued that every society will be stratified.

    Gaetano Mosca

73. First to criticize Davis and Moore

    Melvin Tumin

74. Anthropologist who studied Distance

    Edward Hall

75. we learn ideas, values, and beliefs about deviance and we decide to conform or defy.

    differential association

76. Being aware of your social class

    class consciousness

77. something we work for, good or bad, to earn.

    achieved status

78. sociological explanation of deviance

    outside social forces

79. Leo is a college graduate, cello teacher, and member of Who's Who Among Alumni from his university. this would be an example of...

    Achieved status

80. Madeleine's position as president of the local university over shadows her work as a wife, mother, and volunteer for the Salvation Army. In view of this, university president is Madeleine's...

    Master status

81. According to Durkheim, the shared consciousness that people experience as a result of performing the same or similar tasks is called...

    mechanical solidarity

82. The sociologist who described deviance as, "it is not the act itself but the reactions to the act, that make something deviant," was...

    Howard Becker

83. Ruth is a young, pregnant, single woman who was recently diagnosed with AIDS. Because a person with AIDS is stigmatized in U.S. society, it is likely that Ruth's master status will now become...

    AIDS victim

84. The three reactions to deviance include medicalization, imprisonment, and...

    degradation ceremony

85. Robert Merton used Durkheim's theory of ___, meaning lack or norms, to help explain his Strain Theory.

    Anomie

86. when a person no longer follows society's goals, but has the legitimate eans, Robert Merton would categorize them as...

    ritualism

87. Initially, slavery was based on:___, ___, ad ___. (order does not count.)

    Debt, prisoner of war, and punishment of crime.

88. The sociologist who argued the view that stratification applies to societies that hace minimal resources (structual functionalism) and surplus (conflict theory) was

    Gerhard Lenski

89. Income and property

    wealth

90. Control over others even against their will.

    Power

91. The honored given to you based on job, achievements, etc.

    Prestige

92. Whenever your wealth, power, and prestige don't match up.

    Status inconsistency

93. The sociologist that argued that there are 4 contradictory class locations.

    Erik Wright

94. The 4 contradictory class locations:

    • capitalist
    • petty bourgeoise
    • managers
    • workers

95. The sociologists that argued that there are 6 contradictory class locations.

    Gilbert and Kahl

96. The 6 contradictory class locations:

    • capitalist
    • upper-middle
    • lower-middle
    • working class
    • working poor
    • under class

97. The 6 consequences of social class:

    • family life
    • education
    • religious orientation
    • political views and involvement
    • physical and mental health
    • new technology

98. Democrates

    lower class,liberal(broad,and wanting change)

99. Republicans

    upper class, conservative (focus and wanting things to stay the same)

100. The ability to move up and down the social latter.

     social mobility

101. The movement up or down through generationcan get better or worse then the generation before.

     Intergeneration

102. large number of people (ex. businesses) that move up and down in social class.

     Structual

103. Some are moving up some are moving down and it balances out in the end on a larger scale.

     Exchange

104. $17,000. The number or line that tells your social class.

     Poverty line

105. Author of "strive and succeed"

     Horatio Alger

106. TU Pac- THUGLIFE. What does each letter stand for?

     • The
     • Hate
     • ___
     • Give
     • Little
     • Infants
     • Fucks
     • Everyone

107. Based on your physical attributes/characteristics.

     Race

108. national origin

     Ethnicity

109. (nothing to do with statistics) Groups of people who have been opressed at one point or another.

     Minority groups

110. Being aware or not aware of your ethnicity.

     ethnic identity

111. Pre judging others. (the thought or idea..)

     prejudice

112. The action against people due to their characteristics or traits.

     Discrimination

113. Discrimination or unfair treatment based on race.

     Racism

114. When a socail institution or structure that discriminates against a group of people.

     Institutional discrimination

115. One person giving unfair treatment against another person.

     Individual discrimination

116. Predjudice and discrimination comes from our frustrations says...

     John Dollard

117. I dentified and came up with "authoritarian personality"

     Theodor Adorno

118. A profile of people who are more likely to be prejudice or discriminatory.

     Authoritarian Personality

119. who is more likely to be prejudice or discriminatory?

     people who are old, less educated, less intelligent, and are of lower class.

120. The actual or attempted systematic anyalation of race or ethnic group that is labeled as less than fully human.

     Genocide

Which sociological perspective is most aligned with a theorist who sees the law as an instrument?

What is the sociological perspective of law?

What are the 4 sociological perspective?

What are the 3 theories perspectives of sociology?