SLO 2 Theory Quiz

Strain theory:

Addresses the relationship between having socially acceptable goals and having socially acceptable means to reach those goals.

Cultural deviance theory

Clifford Shaw and Henry McKay

Tyson visits China over spring break, and after getting online to write home to her parents, she realizes some of her favorite social media sites are blocked by the Chinese government. She becomes concerned with how technology reinforces inequalities among communities, both within and among countries. What sociological perspective best fits Tyson's concerns?

Conflict

____ believed that societies grew and changed as a result of the struggles of different social classes over the means of production and greatly favored ____.

Durkheim; Communism

Differential association

Edwin Sutherland

Strain theory

Robert Merton

After weeks of protest in Zuccotti Park, NYC's "Occupy Wall Street" divided into two camps: one composed of higher income protestors, and one composed of lower-income protesters. A ______ would be most interested in the relationship and nature of day-to- day exchanges between the two groups.

Symbolic interactionist

Control theory

Travis Hirschi