Exam 4: Major Theories of Deviance

When a labeled individual becomes a secondary deviant and has a deviant self-concept, his deviant status, according to labeling theorists, would be his _______ status.

Which of the following is NOT one of the four components of a person's bond with society?

What is Anomie?

Secondary deviance refers to the situation where an individual has the social status of a deviant and plays a deviant role.

Sarah is from a poor neighborhood where jobs are scarce. She wants to acquire material possessions that she cannot afford, so she becomes a prostitute in order to earn some tax-free cash and buy those possessions she wishes she could have, even though what she does is illegal. Sarah is adapting to anomie in what way?

Conflict theories of deviance were highly influenced by which major scholar?

According to the critics of conflict theories:

Control theorists believe that deviance results from the absence of social control or restraint.

Discuss the limitations of control theories in general and Gottfredson and Hirschi's low-self control theory in particular. Which theory of Hirschi's (control theory or low-self control theory) explains deviance better in your opinion?

Jim and Sarah are members of the lower class. They are unable to achieve the American Dream because of the structural barriers placed on their situation, and therefore suffer from Anomie. Write four scenarios where Jim and Sarah adapt to anomie in the following ways: innovation, ritualism, retreatism, and rebellion.

Conflict theories give detailed information about the process by which an individual comes to commit crimes or becomes a deviant.

Anomie theory was originally proposed in the 1930s by which theorist?

Messner and Rosenfeld argue that American values can help to promote crime when those vales are exaggerated. What are those values, and use examples from contemporary society to explain how those values promote crime.

Control theory is most influenced by which major sociological pioneer?

Jared is dared by some of his friends to steal a candy bar from the store. He has never stolen before, and doesn't see himself as a thief. Because he wants acceptance from his friends, he takes the candy bar. He isn't caught and doesn't steal again. What kind of deviance would a labeling theorist say he engaged in?

According to learning theorists, people learn deviance through different mechanisms than they learn conformity.

Joe has lost all hope of getting rich even though he has tried to work hard. Out of frustration he turns to alcohol and other drugs and essentially withdraws from society. Joe has adapted to anomie by which method?

Hirschi's theory of differential association accounts for both the etiology and epidemiology of deviance.

Anomie theorists believe that deviance only comes from interaction with others.

Calli is a member of the ruling class. She is one of the wealthiest members of society that controls the means of production. Calli is a member of the: