Exam One Review Session

Positivist approaches to studying society focus on:

David Rosenhan's experiment showed the power of the ___ in deviance.

The first crime wave in the newly founded Puritan society had to do with...

According to Durkheim, all of the following are positive functions of deviance, except:

When the world gets reified, we often forget how humans drew this reality into existence in the first place.

Predestination is the idea that God has chosen certain people for heaven or hell forever

Erikson argues that each crime wave corresponded with _____ in Puritan society?

All Quakers were immediately imprisoned upon arriving to the U.S.

Best and Lowney reveal that when organizations with positive reputations are challenged, there is an element of:

The importance of status is especially important in rules and laws regarding...

Civil inattention is:

The Quaker Invasion, the second crime wave of Puritan society, occurred at the same time that...

Generally, what type of research do social constructionists prefer?

Anne Hutchinson was viewed as a threat to early Puritan society because...

Conflict theory says deviance is the result of...

The social constructionist stance says that deviance lies not in the act but society's reaction to the act.

Durkheim says that suicide depends on...

Agents of social control who often create moral panic and try to enforce rules in society are called...

According to Durkheim:

Of the following sociologists, everyone but ____ was a social constructionist.

Puritan form of governance can best be described as a democracy

Erikson argues that the level of deviance in a society...

The "Halo effect" is when moral entrepreneurs are viewed as being completely legitimate in society.

The first crime wave was otherwise known as...

Simmel argues that society...

The Salem Witch Trials ended when...

___ is when people present dramatic cases, statistics, experts, etc. in order to stir up fear and create social problems