Sociology Ch. 5

The number of U.S. prisoners amounts to __________ of the world's prisoners. 23 percent 3 percent 53 percent 10 percent

23 percent

Until the 1980s, one media company could legally own no more than seven AM and seven FM radio stations. Today, iHeartMedia owns more than __________. 100 400 50 800

800

__________ is the improvement of the human population through control of hereditary factors. Warrantless wiretapping Eugenics Social control Gene doping

Eugenics

Noted theologian Harvey Cox says that in the United States the market is believed to have the same characteristics as __________. the church the flag God the military

God

Which of the following might become an ultimate form of direct social control? Ideological social control Warrantless wiretapping Human genetic engineering Gene doping

Human genetic engineering

Which of the following is an example of ideological social control? A counselor meeting with a student to discuss behavioral problems A student being suspended from school for cheating The teaching of math, English, and science in school Saying the Pledge of Allegiance to start the school day

Saying the Pledge of Allegiance

Which document contains the following words: "Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of those ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government...."? The Warrantless Wiretapping Act of 2004 The Declaration of Independence The USA Patriot Act of 2001 Official Creed of the FBI

The Declaration of Independence

What is a presidential speech on television most likely to address? Global issues Uniting against an enemy The need for fundamental changes in the American way of life Social change

Uniting against an enemy

The view of radical criminologists is that __________. the state exists to serve the ruling class the law exists to serve society as a whole the political system is pluralistic the state exists to maintain order and stability

a state exists to serve the ruling class

Throughout U.S. history, religious groups have primarily __________. accepted existing government policy preached sermons encouraging political change rebelled against government policy fought against things like war, slavery, or killing of Native Americans

accepting existing government policy

Sports preserve the status quo by __________. deflecting viewers away from unemployment, poverty, and other social problems providing equal opportunities for all providing the working class the potential for upward mobility providing professional athletes with a stage for protesting the system

deflecting viewers away from unemployment, poverty, and other social problems

To help people who are considered abnormal follow the expectations of society, psychologists exert __________. direct social control eugenics gene doping ideological social control

direct social control

According to the Piven and Cloward classic study of public welfare, public assistance programs will __________. decrease during economic recessions in order to encourage people to work decrease during economic recessions because the government does not have the funds expand during economic recessions in order to keep citizens from protesting expand during economic recessions due to ethical concerns for citizens who are less fortunate than the majority

expand during economic recessions in order to keep citizens from protesting

Genetic modification to increase athletic performance is known as __________. gene doping gene splicing eugenics gene therapy

gene doping

Government surveillance of U.S. citizens __________. was illegal until the 1930s has a long history has ended due to recent citizen initiatives began after September 11, 2001

has a long history

Accepting without question the existing distribution of societal power and rewards is a result of __________. direct social control eugenics ideological social control the USA Patriot Act

ideological social control

Social media serves as an agent of __________. media control governmental control ideological social control direct social control

ideological social control

Many K-12 textbooks include __________. inaccurate accounts of history impartiality equal representation of all groups objectivity

inaccurate accounts of history

Ideological social control is more effective than overt social control measures because __________. individuals impose controls upon themselves others impose controls upon individuals deviance is freely allowed individuals impose controls upon others

individuals impose control upon themselves

E-mail messages are __________. saved for a few days gone unless you are careful to save them accessible for a year or two never lost

never lost

With ideological control, who controls individual behavior? The church Society in general People themselves The media

people themselves

According to Piven and Cloward, one function of having a category of people on welfare is to __________. serve as an object lesson and legitimize work demonstrate the generosity of government encourage rebellion among the poor encourage stereotyping

serve as an object lesson and legitimize work

Social control among the Amish is accomplished through __________. hard work guilt shunning physical punishment

shunning

Tradition is more of a force for social control in __________ societies. large modern complex small

small

The enforcement of conformity and order by society upon its members, either by laws or social pressure, is referred to as __________. eugenics direct social control social control the social contract

social control