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Soc213(001) Social Deviance Bogart Test 02C 10/24/00

Part 1: Text (Thio) Items: Old

Chapter 4: Physical Violence

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01. Regarding the racial backgrounds of offender and victim, murder A) is mostly intraracial. B) is mostly interracial. C) is equally intraracial and interracial. D) does not have any observable racial pattern. (p. 57)

02. The criminologist Marvin Wolfgang studied victims of self-precipitated murder, and felt that victims A) genuinely tried to kill their murderers but failed. B) ingeniously planned to have their killers convicted for first-degree murder. C) secretly w wished to kill themselves. D) merely intended to engage in a fist fight. (p. 64)

03. Most evidence about the impact of capital punishment on murder rates supports the conclusion that capital punishment A) has greatly deterred murder in other cultures but not in America. B) greatly increases the number of murders committed. C) is an effective deterrent to murder. D) is not an effective deterrent to murder. (Pp. 69-70)

04. Which of the following statements about the existence of an extra Y chromosome in boys is true? A) Most boys with an extra Y chromosome (XYY boys) become murderers. B) XYY boys do not grow up to become murderers. C) XXY girls become more violent than normal boys. D) Chromosomes have no impact on behavior. (p. 74)

05. According to the subculture of violence theory, the poor are more violent than people in the larger culture because A) the poor are psychologically weak and cannot resist the subculture. B) the poor are genetically more inclined to violence. C) the larger culture is more violent and thus avoided by the poor. D) the violent subculture has a powerful grip on the poor. (p. 78)

Chapter 5: Forcible Rape

06. The feminine qualities conducive to becoming a victim of rape are A) softness, gentleness, and considerate. B) active, confident, assertive. C) aggressive, forceful, and violent. D) religious, angry, and defiant. (p. 86)

07. Most rape survivors go through two phases of disorganization before regaining their ability to live normally: an acute phase of humiliation and self-blame and a longer phase marked by A) strong self-denial. B) rejection of social and sexual relations with others. C) extensive exercise and physical activity. D) frightening dreams and phobias. (p. 92)

08. All of the following are part of America's culture of rape, EXCEPT for A) the formation of anti-rape organizations like rape crisis centers. B) the myth that women want to be raped. C) using women in men's masculinity contests. D) treating women like men's property. (p. 95-98)

09. In order to win the "masculinity contest," men tend to see women as A) worthy of deep respect. B) equal to men. C) fellow participants in the contest. D) if they were objects. (p. 98) \

10. Which of the following traits is most likely associated with a child molester rather than a rapist? A) toughness and aggressiveness. B) old age. C) gentleness and passivity. D) having a way with adult women. (p. 105)

Chapter 6: Family Violence

11. The real extent of family violence may be much higher than the reported figures because A) people are generally reluctant to reveal their family problems to researchers. B) the number of people experiencing abuse runs into the millions, despite the small percentages. C) other types of violence such as financial exploitation, slapping and verbal abuse, widely occur. D) All of the above are true. (p. 113)

12. According to a definition of spouse abuse that includes both violent and nonviolent acts, A) about 10 percent of all U.S. couples assault their spouses. B) about one-third of all U.S. couples assault their spouses. C) the problem of spouse abuse la largely disappears. D) husband are much more likely to be seen as victims of spouse abuse. (p. 115)

13. About ______ children are severely abused every year. A)100,000 B) 500,000 C) 3 million D) 5 million (p. 118)

14. Which of the following type of child would be at a higher risk for child abuse? A) a teenage child B) a very young child C) a child in an upper income family D) a normal child (p. 120)

15. The _____ generation is the middle-aged group squeezed between raising children of their own and taking care of their parents. A) sandwiched; B) mid-life; C) quiche; D) homogeneous; E) squeezed. (p. 121)

Ch. 07: Suicide

16. Official suicide statistics are relatively unreliable partly because A) a victim's relatives may conceal the evidence that the death was self-inflicted. B) the uniform procedures developed by the states and the federal government are not always used . C) many officials are unwilling to get involved in suicide detection. D) it is difficult to distinguish between suicides and homicides. (p. 134)

17. Over the last 20 years, teenage suicides have A) increased dramatically. B) decreased dramatically. C) remained about the same. D) not increased as much as suicides among the elderly. (Pp. 141-142)

18. _____ have higher suicide rates than individuals of the same age group in the general population. A) celebrities B) executives C) Jews D) college students E) fundamentalist Christians (p. 143)

19. Suicide rates depend significantly on A) biological predispositions. B) psychological problems. C) how society responds to suicide. D) individual predispositions. (p. 146)

20. Psychological theories of suicide assume that suicide comes from A) a defect in the person. B) poor food and environmental pollution. C) genetic factors. D) major social problems. (p. 150)

Part 2: Video and lecture items (old)

V05: Innocence Lost

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21. Jurors that questioned the verdict suggested they were influenced by _____ in making their final decision. A) peer pressure, B) their health, C) the ongoing publicity D) A and B., E) A, B, and C) (p. 17/59)

22. Betsy Kelly made her decision with her attorney, who else knew about her decision to accept a plea? A) her father, B) her sister, C) her daughter, D) her mother, E) her husband. (p. 18/59)

23. What reasons did Dawn Wilson give for rejecting the plea offer and deciding to go to trial. A) putting her trust in the system, B) not pleading guilty to something she didn't do, C) the effect it would have on her child, D) B and C., E) A, B, and C (p. 18/59)

24. Which of these opinions was expressed by the attorneys, Mike Spivey and Joe Cheshire about plea bargains? A) the idea of sacrificing life with your family is abhorrent, B) one should have faith in the legal system, C) very important to have an attorney that believes in the system, D) one is obligated to maintain his/her innocence, E) your attorney must be well connected in the system.

25. What did Betsy Kelly say about her own anger? A) it went from disbelief to outrage, B) The longer this goes on the more outraged I become, C) I paid an exceptional price for freedom, D) all of the above, E) none of the above. (p. 28/59)

26. Which of the following did Laura Kelly and her good friend avoid talking about? A) the weekend visits from Laura's father, B) the reason why her friend couldn't come to Laura's house, C) the divorce of Laura's parents, D) why Laura lived with her grandparents, E) Laura's own feelings about her mother, Betsy. (41/59)

27. Which off the following happened during her Dawn Wilson's incarceration? A) her son was born, B) he and his sister were raised by Dawn's mother and step-father, C) the father of the children married Dawn, D) the children were under the legal custody of Dawn's mother, E) all of the above. (p. 44/59)

28. The Frontline narrator says of Betsy and her family "that things that bother them are not discussed." Which of the following did members of the family say was not discussed? A) Laura's future, B) Betsy's future, C) Betsy's divorce, D) Betsy's vindication, E) none of the above. ( p. 45/59)

29. According to Shelley Stone what was the reason she couldn't get a job? A) she had charges pending, B) she was an accused child abuser, C) she had no experience, D) child care services wouldn't hire her, E) she was unable to find child care for her children. (p. 47/59)

30. How did Nancy Lamb justify reopening the case against Bob Kelly? A) the D.A) instructed her do so, B) Bob Kelly's job put him near children, C) the child deserved her day in court, D) the parents petitioned her to do so, E) Brenda Toppin had found her lost records. (p. 50/59)

Video 06: The Confessions of Rosa Lee

31. In this video what is a "Billy" ? A) the person who supplies drugs, B) male prostitute, C) a bag of dope, D) a jailhouse snitch, E) persons who can obtain street drugs. (p. 1)

32. What happened when RosaLee snuck into Miss Whitehead's class? A) she was returned to Miss Jeters class immediately, B) she sassed the teacher and wouldn't stay in her seat, C) she hated the class because she didn't know anyone, D) she liked being able to answer questions, E) she liked being with her friends from her neighborhood. (p. 2)

33. What explanation does Leon Dash give for Rosa Lee's use of the money she stole when she was just 8 years old? A) buy friends, B) help her mother, C) to buy drugs, D) get clothes E) buy make up and other girl things. (p. 2)

34. When June Cross suggests that Rosa Lee had plenty of opportunities to learn to read in the 1960's, Leon Dash asserts: A) she was impeded by lack of female role models, B) Washington D.C) had no real "head start" programs, C) she was the youngest of her siblings, D) Teenagers who are as bright as RosaLee hide the illiteracy, E) The Civil Rights movement of the 1960's helped the middle class. (p. 2)

35. According to Video 6 (Rosa Lee), the story of Rosa Lee Cunningham which won the _____ was controversial among the Washington _____. A) Literary Guild Award; political elite. B) Association of Investigative Journalism Award; black middle class. C) Publishers' Award of Excellence; white middle class. D) Freedom Foundation Prize; government elite E) Pulitzer Prize; African American middle class

L04: Aggression

36. XYY chromosome individuals are most likely A) female, B) lower in intelligence, C) small, D) to commit homicide, E) black.

37. Bandura's research with BOBO dolls was directed at demonstrating the factor of _____ in aggression. A) gender differences, B) reinforcement, C) stimulus discrimination, D) stimulus generalization, E) imitation.

38. If one were fond of symbolic interactionism (like your instructor), one would be most likely to attribute human aggression to A) reactance, B) latent learning, C) status incongruence, D) role expectations, E) transference.

39. In the perspective of functional theory, street gangs would be expected to engage in aggressive conflict with other gangs because A) most gangs are made up of males, B) gang members frequently lack adequate male parenting, C) they become more cohesive in doing so, D) most members are status incongruent, E) the available "street wisdom" (scripting) says they should.

40. Your instructor's explanation of the high rate of homicide in America (compared say with England) would be most aptly described as _____ and ultimately rooted in _____. A) positivist, functionalism; B) macro-sociological, conflict theory; C) humanistic, learning theory; D) micro-sociological, sociobiology; E) social psychological, anomie theory.

Part 3: Text (Thio) Items: Newly Constructed

Chapter 4: Physical Violence

41. Of all the major offenses, the most frequently occurring is _____. A) murder B) larceny-theft C) forcible rape D) aggravated assault E) robbery (p. 56)

42. Which of the following statements is INCORRECT? A) The overall murder rate in the United States is slightly lower than it was ten years ago. B) When killing, people are more likely to target others of the same age group. C) Males kill at a younger age than females. D) Since 1985, there has been an upsurge in murders committed by teenagers. E) Teenagers carry guns primarily as a means of seeking status among their peers. (p. 60)

43. Which of the following statements is INCORRECT? A) Shooting is the most popular mode of murder among people of the higher classes. B) Were guns less available, many heated arguments would have resulted in aggravated assaults rather than murders. C) Attacks with knives are five times less likely to result in death than attacks with guns. D) Less than half of all U.S. households own firearms. E) The easy availability of guns in the U.S. is a great equalizer for the poor. (p. 63)

44. Killing a friend is referred to as _____. A) palimony B) doing the victim a favor C) warm blooded D) victim-precipitated E) a character contest (p. 63)

45. In the _____, ALL of the states practice the death penalty. A) North B) Northeast C) West D) South E) East (pp. 69-70)

46. _____ theory explores the relationship between self-directed aggression and other-directed aggression. A) psychological B) external restraint C) psychoanalytic D) subculture of violence E) ethological (p. 77)

47. According to Marvin Wolfgang, _____ is the basic cause of high homicide rates in poor neighborhoods, where physical aggression is socially approved. A) the subculture of violence B) the instinct to inhibit C) social inequality D) relative deprivation E) the Y chromosome (p. 78)

Chapter 5: Forcible Rape

48. Which of the following statements is INCORRECT? A) Blacks are more likely than whites to be rapists. B) Rapists are not as violent as murderers. C) Most rapes involve acquaintances, friends or lovers. D) Blacks are more likely than whites to be rape victims. E) The majority of rapes spring from a sudden, uncontrolled sexual desire. (pp. 85-86)

49. Who among the following are most likely to be perpetrators of gang rape? A) middle-class college men B) upper-class college men C) adolescents aged 10-19 D) high school club members E) divorced, middle-class men (p. 87)

50. Which of the following statements is FALSE? A) Most rape survivors go through two phases of disorganization before they regain their ability to live normally. B) The diversity of reactions to rape is related to such factors as social class and age of the survivor. C) Passive survivors who cry and plead with their attackers usually readjust to their normal lives faster than angry, active survivors. D) Survivors of stranger rape are far more likely than survivors of acquaintance rape to have the most persistent depression. E) Rape is a continuing process. (pp. 91-93)

51. Which of the following statements regarding marital rape is CORRECT? A) All states currently have marital-rape laws in place. B) Over 75% of the marriages in which the wife has been raped end in divorce within two years following the assault. C) The laws against rape exist primarily to protect the rape victim. D) Socioeconomic status and sexual experience generally are not factors in rape convictions. E) Currently, the "hidden culture of rape" is a thing of the past. (pp. 95-97)

52. Sexual inadequacy is the primary concept behind _____ theory. A) gender B) psychological C) social-psychological D) feminist E) relative deprivation (p. 101)

53. _____ is at the core of social-psychological theory. A) frustration B) dominance C) sexual inadequacy D) socioeconomic status E) alcoholism (p. 102)

54. Which of the following statements regarding child molestation is FALSE? A) The majority of child molesters are men. B) The child molester usually lives alone or with parents. C) Girls are more likely to be molested than boys. D) Victims of molestation seldom are acquainted with the molester. E) Most molesters are 35 years of age or older. (p. 104)

Chapter 6: Family Violence

55. Which of the following statements is CORRECT? A) Violence occurs in most poor families. B) If child abuse is broadly defined to include spanking, slapping, cursing or threatening to send the child away as a traditional way of disciplining the child, less than 25% of U.S. parents would be found to be child abusers. C) Poor people are more likely to experience family violence. D) The majority of child-abuse victims grow up to abuse their children. E) Alcohol causes more incidents of family violence than financial or personal problems. (pp. 112-113)

56. _____ refers to a pattern of losing self-esteem, feeling trapped, the constant expectation of violence and the eventual killing of the abusive husband. A) intense recovered-memory B) the sandwiched syndrome C) posttraumatic stress disorder D) battered woman syndrome E) intergenerational transmission (p. 116)

57. Men _____ are more vulnerable to the influence of patriarchy, and hence more apt to beat their wives. A) with an overactive libido B) who have lost control of their lives C) who were raised in single-parent households D) who were raised by stepfathers E) who have led lives of crime (p. 117)

58. The majority of child abuses in the family involve the parents _____. A) physically abusing their children B) forcing their children to witness spousal abuse C) sexually abusing their children D) physically abusing their children's pets E) killing their children (p. 118)

59. Which of the following statements is INCORRECT? A) Older people are more likely to be abused if they live with relatives. B) The vast majority of elders who require long-term care live at home. C) Older men are more vulnerable to abuse than older women. D) Older persons are more likely to abuse their spouses than be abused by their children. E) Lower-class elders are more likely to suffer abuse than their middle-class counterparts. (p. 121)

60. Which of the following statements about family abusers is INCORRECT? A) Men under the age of 30 are more likely than older men to abuse their wives and children. B) Lower-class men are more likely than middle-class men to abuse their wives. C) Family violence takes place more often among individuals without a college education. D) With the exception of incest, women are more likely than men to victimize children. E) Middle-class women are more likely than lower-class women to abuse their children. (p. 123)

Part04: New Lecture and Video Items

Lecture 06: Labeling Theory

61. Labeling theory is based in A) symbolic interactionism, B) Lewin's field theory, C) social behaviorism, D) Gestalt theory, E) learning theory.

62. Tannenbaum: The harder the agencies of social control work to reform the evil, A) the less the effect produced, B) the greater the evil grows under their hands, C) the more irrational becomes the response of the delinquent, D) the less convincing their arguments become, E) the less the community becomes willing to support them.

63. Lemert outlines an _____ stage model of becoming a deviant in which the last state is _____. A) 5, "professionalization"; B) 6, segregation; C) 7, stigmatization; D) 8, acceptance of deviant status; E) 9, "self licensing."

64. In Becker's (1963) classic study "On Becoming a Marijuana Smoker", the first stage is A) learning how to inhale, B) the invitation from a user, C) the first roach, D) cognitive dissonance, E) anticipatory socialization.

65. Scheff: mental illness is most aptly understood as A) a lack of skills in playing conventional social roles, B) the willful violation of norms governing social roles for self serving purposes, C) culturally prescribed intolerance for variation in playing social roles, D) a learned and chosen social role, E) structurally induced role conflict.

V04: Innocence Lost: The Plea

66. Betsy and her family believe that the whole case started with A) Bob's extramarital affair tend years before, B) a default on a loan at a bank owned by Scott Privott's father, C) a suspicious arson at the old bottling plant, D) Bob Kelly's slapping Jane Maybry's son Joel, E) sexual abuse by a local priest.

67. The first defendant in the Little Rascal case was A) Dawn Wilson, B) Robin Byron, C) Scott Privott, D) Bob Kelly, E) Nancy Kelly.

68. Police investigator, Brenda Toppin, reported that A) the children were frightened by the anatomically correct dolls she used, B) the anatomically correct dolls proved that most of the children did not have a realistic view of acts of child abuse, C) t he children had more intimate understanding of anal intercourse than ordinary children would be expected to have, D) several of the children had correct and detailed descriptions of the genitalia of the accused perpetrators at Little rascals. E) she had not written down her questions and (often) did not remember them.

69. In the first Little Rascals case to go to trial, most of the jurors were persuaded by _____. A) the medical evidence, B) the eyewitness testimony of a part-time handyman, C) the testimony of Jane Maybry's son, D) the DNA analysis of Bob Kelly's semen , E) the verbal testimony of the children.

70. In the second case to go to trial in the Little Rascals case, A) testimony was given 3 years after the alleged sexual abuse, B) testimony about shark tanks and space ships was not repeated, C) Nancy Lamb would attack Dawn Wilson's character and motivation, D) the prosecution stressed the credibility of the children, E) all the above.

71. As her mother is faced with the threat of prosecution and conviction, Laura Kelly A) begins to engage in delinquent behavior: B) runs away to her grandparents: C) begins to have anxiety attacks and requires psychiatric treatment; D) asks to live with her aunt, Nancy Smith; E) confesses to being sexually abused herself.

72. Betsy confided only in _____ before the fact of taking a plea. A) her husband, Bob; B) her father, Warren Twiddy; C) her mother, Alice Twiddy; D) her sister, Nancy Smith; E) her daughter Laura.

73. Scott Privott A) was the fourth defendant in the Little Rascals case to go to trial, B) had all charges dropped against him by the prosecution after intervention by businessman Glenn Lancaster; C) died of a heart attack just as his case was about to g o to trial, D) was still incarcerated at the end of the video, E) accepted a plea bargain in which he pleaded "no contest."

74. Betsy explained that she continued to live in Edenton (with her parents) because A) she was not going to let the people of Edenton defeat her, B) her parents needed her, C) she needed time to get her life together, D) Laura wanted to finish school in Edenton, E) she was unable to support herself otherwise.

75. In the final seconds of this video, Frontline reports that Nancy Lamb A) dropped all original charges against Bob Kelly but would try him for the new charges, B) Bob Kelly was tried and found innocent the following year, C) Nancy Lamb had removed hers elf from the case and would be replaced by a new District Attorney, D) Bill Hart had fired Nancy Lamb and would be taking over the case, E) Nancy Lamb was charging Bob Kelly with yet a second new case of abuse.

V06 RLC: Confessions of Rosa Lee Cunningham (Old items)

76. When Eleanor Norton Holmes complains that the publication of Rosa Lee's story reinforced stereotypes, Leon Dash responds that _____% of American underclass is black. A) 17, B) 27, C) 37, D) 47, E) 57.

77. When June Cross complains that many black children learned in public schools like that attended by RLC, Leon Dash responds that not all Afro-American children are as _____ as RLC A) dark, B) slow, C) impoverished, D) sexually driven, E) more than one of the above.

78. RLC enters junior high without. A) parental support, B) proper clothing, C) knowing how to read, D) adequate social skills, E) basic sexual knowledge.

79. By age 21, Rosa Lee has _____ children. A) 2, B) 4, C) 6, D) 8, E) 10

80. When June Cross protests that the Civil Rights movement of the 1960's helped Afro-Americans, Leon Dash answers that the Civil Rights movement. A) helped virtually no one, B) helped politically but not economically, C) helped economically but not educationally, D) helped the middle class (and not marginal persons like RLC, E) helped reduce discrimination but did little to change economic or educational circumstances.

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