Practice test

When race, religion, ethnicity, national origin or sexual orientation are motivating factors in a criminal act, it is a

What stage of sociocutural evolution are we now in?

Stigmatization would likely affect which of the following individuals?

Any group to which an individual feels as if they belong is known as a/an:

Which of the following is correct concerning deviance?

The theory that one learns criminal behavior by interacting with others who participate in criminal behavior is:

Differences in the way social control is exercised over different groups such as by race or social class is known as:

The techniques and strategies for preventing deviant behavior in any society is known as:

Socialization is the process of:

. People are viewed as performers on a stage because of behaving differently when around other people and when at home

What are characteristics of a bureaucracy?

Which of the following would not be considered deviant?

Social media differs from mass media in that it is:

Ray, an African American male, is currently enrolled at WSU where he is studying social work. His achieved status is?

Which theory shares the conflict theorists’ view that mass media stereotype and misrepresent social reality

Deviant behavior ____________________.

The sociological term for buying more than we need, want and often more than we can afford is known as hyperconsumerism.

Deviant uses of technology would include all but which of the following

a small social group whose members share close, personal, enduring relationships. Examples are families and street gangs

To be effective, all media must have which of the following?

What is the primary agent of socialization

Ascribed statuses may be based on an individuals

Which of the following would be an example of formal social control?

People learn to slant their presentation of self to create distinctive appearances and satisfy particular audiences.

When a mother is trying to juggle the tasks of planning her child’s birthday party, doing the laundry, she is having:

The master status for Barrack Obama, George Bush, Donald Trump and Joe Biden is:

According to the text, socialization lasts how long?

Which perspective states that people with power protect their own interests and define deviance to suit their needs.

The definition for deviance is

Charles Horton Cooley's term,__________ _ comes from the perception of how we see our image as interpreted byothers.

The process by which a relatively small number of people control what eventually reaches the audience is referred to as

Going along with peers who have no special right to direct behavior is known as:

Actors Felicity Huffman and Lauri Loughlin were guilty of college admissions fraud. This is known as:

When low income, racial/ethnic minorities, rural residents, or citizens of developing countries do not have technology

What is the primary agent of socialization?

A person who pursues crime as a day-to-day occupation and participates in activities such as burgulary, shoplifting, etc

_______ is the process of discarding former behavior patterns and accepting new as part of a transition in one’s life.