Chapter 4: Multiple Choice

Front 1

A group of law enforcement officers who socialize only with one another would be considered a

1. a. prescriptive norm.
   b. subculture.
   c. folkway.
   d. proscriptive norm.

Back 1

b. subculture

Front 2

A teenager who decides NOT to steal even though no one is looking would be guided by

1. a. internal socialization.
   b. external socialization.
   c. secondary socialization.
   d. adult socialization.

Back 2

a. internal socialization

Front 3

In early childhood, family members are generally responsible for the process of

1. a. primary socialization.
   b. secondary socialization.
   c. subculture socialization.
   d. adult socialization.

Back 3

a. primary socialization

Front 4

1. Sociologists explain deviance as being caused by a

   
   
   1. a. failure to internalize normal personality traits.
      b. failure of socialization processes.
      c. failure to define a subculture.
      d. failure of social institutions.

Back 4

b. failure of socialization processes

Front 5

1. External social control is dependent on

   
   
   1. a. adult socialization.
      b. interactions with others.
      c. the ability to control oneself.
      d. the development of conscience.

Back 5

b. interactions with others

Front 6

1. Looks of disgust directed at someone who has spit on the sidewalk would be an example of

   
   
   1. a. informal social control.
      b. formal social control.
      c. aversive social control.
      d. punitive social control.

Back 6

a. informal social control

Front 7

1. Being arrested for spitting on the sidewalk would be an example of

   
   
   1. a. informal social control.
      b. formal social control.
      c. internal social control.
      d. inappropriate socialization.

Back 7

b. formal social control

Front 8

1. Which of the following is an example of an agent of direct social control?

   
   
   1. a. Parents
      b. The community
      c. The police
      d. Friends and peers

Back 8

c. The police

Front 9

1. Black argues that there is an inverse relationship between informal and formal social control. What does this mean?

   
   
   1. a. The more formal control there is in a society, the more informal control is present.
      b. The more informal control there is in a society, the less there is a need for formal control.
      c. The less formal control there is in a society, the less there is a need for informal control.
      d. Society has little need for any type of social control.

Back 9

b. The more informal control there is in a society, the less there is a need for formal control.

Front 10

1. Black’s style of formal social control that focuses on restoring the aggrieved victim financially is

   
   
   1. a. the conciliatory style.
      b. the therapeutic style.
      c. the compensatory style.
      d. the penal style.

Back 10

c. the compensatory style

Front 11

1. Use of the death penalty would be considered which of Black’s styles of social control?

   
   
   1. a. Conciliatory
      b. Therapeutic
      c. Compensatory
      d. Penal

Back 11

d. penal

Front 12

1. Creating drug courts in which offenders are required to complete treatment programs would reflect which one of Black’s styles of social control?

   
   
   1. a. Conciliatory,
      b. Therapeutic,
      c. Compensatory,
      d. Penal,

Back 12

b. therapeutic