Question 1

Durkheim put forth the concept of anomie.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Which of the following best represents Anderson's ideas regarding the "code of the street" among young urban African-Americans?

Accepted Answer

A)  It arises from their desire for attention from the media 
B)  It arises from a pre-evolutionary need to mate 
C)  It arises from their despair and alienation 
D)  It arises from a lack of hope and change

Question 3

Who argued that signs of disorder-such as a broken window-send a signal to potential criminals that neighborhood residents do not care about what happens in their surroundings,making crime more likely?

Accepted Answer

A)  Shaw and McKay 
B)  Turner and Hooch 
C)  Fergutti and Anderson 
D)  Wilson and Kelling

Question 4

According to Durkheim,which of the following best describes how anomie arises?

Accepted Answer

A)  When a culture derives a collective conscience 
B)  When normative values remain consistent and society fails to evolve 
C)  When a society fails to integrate new members 
D)  When traditional norms become less applicable to new circumstances

Question 5

_____ anomie theory argues that crime in the United States results from several key cultural values,including achievement,individualism,and the fetishism of money.

Accepted Answer

The answer of _____ anomie theory argues that crime in...

Question 6

What is Anderson's code of the street? What is its central feature?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What is Anderson's code of the street?...

Question 7

Which of the following relates to Miller's Focal Concern of toughness?

Accepted Answer

A)  It involves the ability to achieve a goal by the use of wits rather than physical force 
B)  Lower-class people have a particularly fatalistic outlook on life 
C)  Adults usually want their children to stay out of trouble, but lower-class adolescents sometimes gain prestige with their friends 
D)  It arises from the fact that many lower-class boys are raised in female-headed households and thus lack adequate male role models

Question 8

On weekends,people typically drink,gamble,go out on the town,and have sex.Many men are involved in physical fights.Miller believed that the pursuit of _____ on weekends arises in part from boring lives led the rest of the week.

Accepted Answer

A)  Toughness 
B)  Excitement 
C)  Smartness 
D)  Trouble

Question 9

According to Durkheim,which of the following tends to be higher during times of social change?

Accepted Answer

A)  Immigration rates 
B)  High school graduation rates 
C)  Birth rates 
D)  Suicide rates

Question 10

Rodney Stark's theory of deviant places argues that crowded neighborhoods have higher crime levels.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Many criminologists highlight the role played by social _____ or,social environment.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Many criminologists highlight the role played by...

Question 12

To help command respect,Anderson contends:

Accepted Answer

A)  Young urban men often adopt a certain "look" involving the way they dress, move, and talk 
B)  Young urban females see pregnancy as a legitimate means to economic success 
C)  Young urban females will often mimic male behavior including engaging in violence 
D)  Young urban males will avoid encounters with police or the courts

Question 13

Shaw and McKay studied delinquency in Chicago.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Stark focused of neighborhood physical features as an explanation for the high crime and delinquency of particular urban neighborhoods.His view has since been referred to as _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  The theory of deviant places 
B)  The theory of "broken windows" 
C)  The theory of cause and effect 
D)  The theory of criminal habitats

Question 15

When traditional norms become less applicable to new circumstances,normlessness or _____ sets in.

Accepted Answer

The answer of When traditional norms become less applicable to...

Question 16

Where did Shaw and McKay study social disorganization?

Accepted Answer

A)  Boston 
B)  New York 
C)  Chicago 
D)  Kansas City

Question 17

Marvin Wolfgang argues that a(n)_____ explains the high level of violence among poor,urban males.

Accepted Answer

A)  Ethos of aggression 
B)  Ethos of anomie 
C)  Subculture of opportunity 
D)  Subculture of violence

Question 18

The focal concern in the lower-class subculture that stresses outwitting others and to avoid being outwitted oneself is called _____.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The focal concern in the lower-class subculture...

Question 19

Having not been raised with values such as courtesy and hard-work,lower-class boys do poorly in school and experience _____,or strain.

Accepted Answer

A)  Institutional anomie 
B)  Social structure 
C)  Status frustration 
D)  Cultural disintegration

Question 20

_______ is when people continue to accept the goal of economic success,but reject the means of working and undertake new means to achieve success.

Accepted Answer

The answer of _______ is when people continue to accept...

Exam 7: Sociological Theories: Emphasis on Social Structure

Durkheim put forth the concept of anomie.

Which of the following best represents Anderson's ideas regarding the "code of the street" among young urban African-Americans?

Who argued that signs of disorder-such as a broken window-send a signal to potential criminals that neighborhood residents do not care about what happens in their surroundings,making crime more likely?

According to Durkheim,which of the following best describes how anomie arises?

_____ anomie theory argues that crime in the United States results from several key cultural values,including achievement,individualism,and the fetishism of money.

What is Anderson's code of the street? What is its central feature?

Which of the following relates to Miller's Focal Concern of toughness?

On weekends,people typically drink,gamble,go out on the town,and have sex.Many men are involved in physical fights.Miller believed that the pursuit of _____ on weekends arises in part from boring lives led the rest of the week.

According to Durkheim,which of the following tends to be higher during times of social change?

Rodney Stark's theory of deviant places argues that crowded neighborhoods have higher crime levels.

Many criminologists highlight the role played by social _____ or,social environment.

To help command respect,Anderson contends:

Shaw and McKay studied delinquency in Chicago.

Stark focused of neighborhood physical features as an explanation for the high crime and delinquency of particular urban neighborhoods.His view has since been referred to as _____.

When traditional norms become less applicable to new circumstances,normlessness or _____ sets in.

Where did Shaw and McKay study social disorganization?

Marvin Wolfgang argues that a(n) _____ explains the high level of violence among poor,urban males.

The focal concern in the lower-class subculture that stresses outwitting others and to avoid being outwitted oneself is called _____.

Having not been raised with values such as courtesy and hard-work,lower-class boys do poorly in school and experience _____,or strain.

_______ is when people continue to accept the goal of economic success,but reject the means of working and undertake new means to achieve success.