sociology final

According to conflict theory, why are vagrancy laws passed?

As a way of targeting groups who threaten society's elites.

Robert Merton developed structural strain theory to explain why deviance happens. To what sort of strain does the theory's name refer?

Strain between socially approved goals and the means an individual has for realizing them

c

Wright Mills used the term "sociological imagination" to refer to important interconnections between personal troubles and public issues. What would he have said about deprivation amplification? a. Public issues cause poor health, so work must be done to more properly address disease rates solely at the public level. b. Personal troubles cause poor health, so work must be done to more properly address disease rates solely at the personal level. c. Both public issues and personal troubles contribute to poor health, so work must be done at both levels to more properly address disease rates. d. Neither public issues nor personal troubles contribute to poor health, so work done at these levels would not address disease rates any differently.

Which of the following theories views society as a whole unit, made up of interrelated parts that work together? A. structural functionalism B. psychoanalysis C. symbolic interactionism D. conflict theory

a. structural functionalism

The ________ approach to addiction posits that people of lower socioeconomic status are more likely to be scrutinized as problem drinkers or drug addicts. a. structural functionalist b. conflict theory c. symbolic interactionist d. sick role

b. conflict theory

Which theoretical perspective would lead you to consider the broader social effects of the division of labor between men and women in the household? a. symbolic interactionism b. queer theory c. conflict theory d. structural functionalism

c. conflict theory

Because laws represent the interests of those in power, crimes committed by the upper classes are typically treated more leniently than crimes committed by the lower classes. This argument is consistent with: a. structural functionalism b. conflict theory c. symbolic interactionism d. queer theory

conflict theory

A man recently learned that he has a mental illness. Since his diagnosis, he has begun to act according to the illness and in ways that he thinks others expect someone with a mental illness to act. Which theory of health and illness best explains his situation? a. curative medicine b. structural functionalism c. conflict theory d. symbolic interactionism

d. symbolic interactionism

The parents of a deviant child often want to find some way to excuse their offspring's behavior, and it is common to hear them say, "He just fell in with a bad crowd." Which symbolic interactionist theory of deviance does this explanation most closely resemble?

differential association