Exam 8: Sociological Theories: Emphasis on Social Process

Commitment is the most important social bond element and refers to the degree to which we care about the opinions of others,including parents and teachers.

How does social bond theory explain crime?

Which of the following assumes that antisocial behavior is restricted to childhood?

Albert Bandura argued that aggressive tendencies are inborn.

Hirschi's 1969,_____ is the most influential control theory.

Attachment,commitment,and involvement are elements of _____.

Low _____,including the tendency to act impulsively and to care about oneself more than others,develops during childhood and results from inadequate parenting.

In the 1950s and 1960s,sociologist Walter C.Reckless developed his _____ theory of delinquency,which stressed that inner and outer restraints help prevent juvenile offending.

Social controls concern attachments to and involvement in _____,such as the family,schools,and religion.

Tittle's control balance theory states that deviance results when people are very _____ or very controlled.

Belief refers to:

Before committing delinquent acts,adolescents develop techniques of _____,or rationalizations,to minimize any guilt they might feel from breaking the law.

My parents used marijuana when they were my age,so why can't I? This would be an example of condemnation of the _____.

Matza argued that delinquents are not constantly delinquent and instead _____ into and out of delinquency.

Which of the following is true regarding schools and social bond?

Which of the following supports Tittle's control balance theory?

_____ refers to an individual's investment of energy and emotion in conventional pursuits,such as getting a good education.

Gottfredson and Hirschi argued that all crime stems from one problem: _____,which results from ineffective child rearing and lasts throughout life.

Which of the following best summarizes differential reinforcement?

Criminologists have begun to pay attention to the onset and termination of antisocial behavior,delinquency,and crime at different stages over the _____: infancy,childhood,adolescence,young adulthood,and beyond.