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The rate of recidivism is an indication of whether or not corrections is working.Please select the best answer from the choices
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A crime isa. any act that is labeled as such by those in authority. b. prohibited by law. c. punishable by the government. d.
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Police discretion is used when deciding who will be arrested.Please select the best answer from the choices provided T F
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The juvenile justice system is made up ofa. offenders younger than the age of legal adulthood. b. regulations for juveniles that
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Principle types of crime in the United States includea. violent crimes. c. white collar crime. b. crimes against property. d.
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Vagrancy is a crime against property.Please select the best answer from the choices provided T F
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A _______ investigates causes of crime and methods of crime prevention.a. criminologist c. penologist b. lawyer d. police
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White collar crime is described as offenses committed by individuals of high social status in the course of their professional
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Which of the following is a victimless crime?a. auto theft c. larceny b. illegal drug use d. murder
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Plea bargaining allows courts to reduce their already huge caseloads.Please select the best answer from the choices provided T F
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The stronger the commitment to a community, the less likely people are to engage in deviant behavior.Please select the best
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Differential association refers to the frequency and closeness of associations a person has with deviant and nondeviant
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Please select the word from the list that best fits the definitionSocial scientists who study criminal behavior.
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ocialization does not determine a person’s level of self-control.Please select the best answer from the choices provided T F
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Conformity is the acceptance of culturally approved goals and the means for achieving these goals.Please select the best answer
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The interactionist perspective looks at how the interaction between individuals influence deviance.Please select the best answer
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The frequency and closeness of associations a person has with deviant and nondeviant individuals is calleda. a stigma. c. both a
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The conflict perspective explains deviance in terms of power and inequality.Please select the best answer from the choices
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People who use innovation do not accept the cultural goals of their society but do accept the approved means for achieving these
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To be labeled deviant, one musta. be detected committing a deviant act. c. both a and b b. be stigmatized by society. d. neither
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A triad is a group with two members.Please select the best answer from the choices provided T F
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People who influence the attitudes and opinions of others are said to bea. triads. c. dyads. b. leaders. d. aggregates.
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Social networks have clear boundaries.Please select the best answer from the choices provided T F
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A ____ is simply a means of classifying people according to a shared trait or a common status.a. barter c. division of labor b.
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Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon is a popular trivia game to see how people are connected to the famous actor.Please select the best
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When people gather in the same place at the same time but lack organization or lasting patterns of interaction, they form a(n)a.
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Which term describes societies where increased job specialization forces members to depend on one another for aspects of their
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Please select the word from the list that best fits the definitionImpersonal relationships are due to job specialization.
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All of the following are types of societies excepta. industrial. c. pastoral. b. economic. d. pre-industrial.
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All of the following are examples of preindustrial societies excepta. pastoral. c. horticultural. b. hunting and gathering. d.
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Mechanical solidarity isa. the impersonal social relationships that arise with increased job specialization, in which
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What alternatives does Tannen offer to the argument culture?a. conflict and cooperation c. reciprocity and agreement b.
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When people interact in an effort to receive a reward or a return for their actions, a(n) ____ has taken place.a. exchange c.
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Deborah Tannen, a professor of linguistics,a. studied whether one form of interaction dominates American culture. b. suggested
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Competition occurs when two or more people or groups work together to achieve a goal that will benefit more than one person.Plea
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Accommodation is a state of balance between cooperation and conflict.Please select the best answer from the choices provided T F
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Reciprocity isa. when two or more people or groups oppose each other to achieve a goal that only one can attain. b. the idea
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Please select the word from the list that best fits the definitionForms include compromise, truce, or mediation.
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Conflict isa. the deliberate attempt to control a person by force, to oppose someone, or to harm another person. b. when two or
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Please select the word from the list that best fits the definitionTheory that holds that people are motivated by self-interests
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The socially determined behaviors expected of a person performing a role are called role performances.Please select the best
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A minister is an example of someone with an achieved status.Please select the best answer from the choices provided T F
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Statuses and their related roles determine the structure of the various groups in society. When these statuses and roles are
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Which of the following are examples of achieved statuses?a. basketball player c. musician b. actor d. all of the above
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Please select the word from the list that best fits the definitionA socially defined position in a group or in society.
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Role conflict occurs when fulfilling the role expectations of one status makes it difficult to fulfill the role expectations of
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The socially determined behaviors expected of a person performing a role are calleda. role performances. c. role strains. b.
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Please select the word from the list that best fits the definitionThe behavior expected of someone occupying a particular
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Individuals acquire an achieved status through their own direct efforts.Please select the best answer from the choices provided
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One status tends to take rank above all others. The status that plays the greatest role in shaping a person’s life and
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Organized crime families and the hippie movement of the 1960s are examples of countercultures in the United States.Please select
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Functionalists view certain elements in society as ____, representing the negative consequences that elements have for the
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Technology isa. what sociologists call a subculture. b. what sociologists sometimes refer to as the combination of objects and
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___________ promotes the recognition of ideologies.a. Social control c. Ethnocentrism b. Social movement d. War
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Internalization isa. an action that rewards a particular kind of behavior. b. the process by which a norm becomes a part of an
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The game of basketball is considereda. a culture pattern. c. both a and b b. a culture complex. d. neither a nor b
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The acceptance of social instability is known as social control.Please select the best answer from the choices provided T F
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Society consists of people, and culture consists of the material and nonmaterial products that people create.Please select the
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Cultural universals area. certain features that are developed to ensure their fulfillment and are unique to certain cultures. b.
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____ help(s) sociologists and anthropologists understand practices that seem strange or different from those of their own
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Narcissism is the tendency to view one’s own culture or group as superior to others.Please select the best answer from the
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Which of the following forms the foundation of the American culture?a. basic values c. freedom of choice b. diversity d.
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By adopting a ____, you can look beyond commonly held beliefs to the hidden meanings behind human actions.a. economical
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The knowledge and tools that people use to manipulate their environment are called technology.Please select the best answer from
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Please select the word from the list that best fits the definitionThe intended and recognized consequence of some element of
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Please select the word from the list that best fits the definitionA punishment or the threat of punishment used to enforce
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____ one of the reasons that people resist cultural change.a. Ethnocentrism is c. Vested interests are b. Cultural lag is d. a,
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All groups create norms to enforce their cultural values.Please select the best answer from the choices provided T F
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A system of beliefs or ideas that justifies the social, moral, religious, political, or economic interests held by a group or by
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____ is the knowledge and tools that people use to manipulate their environment.a. Ethnocentrism c. Diffusion b. Technology d.
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The most complex level of culture is the culture trait.Please select the best answer from the choices provided T F
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The anthropologist that conducted a now-classic study of cultural variation in the 1930s wasa. Horace Miner. c. Margaret Mead.
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Please select the word from the list that best fits the definitionA description comprised of the essential characteristics of a
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Please select the word from the list that best fits the definitionEnforcement of norms or shared rules of conduct that tell
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Please select the word from the list that best fits the definitionThe unintended and unrecognized consequence of an element of
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Please select the word from the list that best fits the definitionThe process by which a norm becomes a part of an individual's
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The extended warranty on a ceiling fan is 18% of the purchase price. If the price of the fan is $140, how much is the warranty?a
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Julien was involved in an accident in which he merged into another car, damaging the front fender of the other car. Julien is
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Auto insurance options offered by AA Auto Insurance are outlined in the table below. What monthly payment would you expect for
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Which of the following will not help Robert lower his homeowners insurance premium?a. Increase the deductible on his policy. b.
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If Jesse wants to buy a $75,000 10-year term life insurance policy, and the annual premium rate (per $1000 of face value) for
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Tracy was involved in an accident in which the other driver suffered severe injuries. The police determined that the accident
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Which of the following is not a factor that affects your auto insurance premiums?a. year, make, and model of your car b. where
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Susie is thinking about changing her auto insurance policy at Fret-No-More Auto Insurance. Her current policy includes the
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Renters insurance is different than homeowners insurance in that _____.a. unlike homeowner’s insurance, renter’s insurance
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In a fee-for-service health insurance plan with a $6,500 annual deductible, _____.a. the insurance company will not pay more
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Which of the following statements is not something you should be thinking when considering changes in your auto insurance
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DeShawn is 38 years old and is married with 3 children, ages 2, 4, and 6. He makes $45,000 a year and is planning to retire when
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The manufacturing cost of an air-condioning unit is $544, and the full-replacement extended warranty costs $113. If the
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A toaster oven costing $130 offers an extended warranty for 25% of the purchase price. If the local repair shop will fix a
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In order to lower his monthly auto insurance bill, Henry has decided to change his existing policy by increasing the deductible
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Because of an accident Royce was involved in, his insurance company has increased his annual premium for auto insurance by 5.2%.
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Which of the following health care programs will wait to pay their share of medical coverage until after treatment is provided?a
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Andrew is insured by Leroux Health Insurance under Plan A. The plan includes a $248.00 monthly premium with a $5,500.00 annual
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As a part-time employee, Rachel does not qualify for any benefits from her current employer. Seeing a need for a health care
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In an effort to reduce cost on auto insurance, Sophia has lowered each component of her current plan to the cheapest possible
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The health care Jimmy’s employer offers is a fee-for-service plan in which Jimmy and his family must pay for $12,500 in health
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Tom is considering making changes to his policy to make insurance more affordable. Which of the following statements is not
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In order to make premiums more affordable for their customers, Leroux Health Insurance is considering some changes to one of the
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If an item tends to be very expensive to repair, how might that affect your decision to purchase a warranty for it?a. If an item
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