Soc 259 Midterm 2
Place , Time, and Date: In class, 10:30 – 12:30 on Feb. 8
Format: 100 multiple choice questions
Information:The midterm will cover the chapters from Gomme, Clinard and Meier, and Thio et al. listed below. Use the attached list of concepts and general questions below to help guide your studying.
Gomme Ch. 6
Definition of the situation
Deviant career
Generalized other
I, me
Main propositions of the labelling perspective
Looking-glass-self
Master status
Neutralization techniques
Reintegrative shaming
Primary and secondary deviance
Gomme Ch. 7 and 8
Bourgeoisie
Capitalism
Class
Crisis of legitimacy
Culture conflict
Ideology
Instrumental theory of Marxism
Left idealism vs. Left realism
Liberal conflict perspective
Lumpenproletariat
Polarization of classes
Postmodernism
Social relations of production
Structural Marxism
Superstructure
Culture conflict
Liberal conflict perspective
Liberal feminism
Marxist feminism
Misogyny and Patriarchy
Radical feminism
Sexualization
Gomme Ch. 10
Capital punishment
First-degree murder
Homicide
Infanticide
Manslaughter
Mass murder
Second-degree murder
Serial killing
Subculture of violence
Terrorism
Victim-precipitated homicide
Gomme Ch. 11
Types of rape: Date rape, Double rape, Marital rape, Power rape, Sadistic rape
Rape shield law
Recent-complaint rule
Sexual assault
Statutory rape
Gomme Ch. 12
Decriminalization
John
Pimp
Gomme Ch. 13
Double doctoring
Enslavement hypothesis
Gateway hypothesis
Psychoactive drugs
Gomme Ch. 16
Claustrophobia
Compulsive disorder
De-institutionalization
Dissociative disorders
Epidemiology
Fetishism
Kleptomania
Medical model
Medicalization
Mood disorders
Myth of mental illness
Necrophilia
Obsession
Organic mental disorders
Pedophilia
Power–control theory
Psychopath
Psychotherapeutic
Pyromania
Stigma
Superego
Total institution
Transsexualism
Clinard Ch. 10
Alcohol and crime
Models of alcoholism (Clinard)
Alcohol and drug demographics
Dependence and tolerance
Problem drinker
Alcoholics Anonymous
Binge drinking
How are excessive drinking and alcoholism associated with social patterns and structures rather than individual or random effects?
Clinard Ch. 11
Prostitution
Sex work
Paraphilia
Clinard Ch. 16 (reserve)
Physical disability and the sick role
“involuntary” deviants
Socialization and the disabled role
How do the disabled differ from other deviants? How is one socialized into the disabled role? What is the socialization process for someone who is disabled?
Thio, Calhoun, Conyers Ch. 8– 16, 18 – 20, 24 – 26, 29 – 31, 34, 36
Ch. 8…What is the difference between reintegrative shaming and disintegrative shaming?
Ch. 9…When labeling theorists say the application of the deviant label is problematic, what do they mean? What are some of the consequences an individual experiences as a result of being labeled deviant?
Ch. 10…What aspect of criminality does phenomenological theory focus on?
Ch. 11…What is the main point of Quinney’s control theory?
Ch. 12…Daly in her article “Feminist Theory” identifies five patterns and trends of lawbreaking behaviour. List and discuss each briefly.
Ch. 13…What are some of the main premises of postmodern criminology? Explain the concept of hyperreality.
Ch. 14… According to Reuter’s article “Suicide Bombing: The Power of the Powerless,” what importance does an individuals community have on their decision to commit a suicide attack? According to Reuter, what most significantly affects individuals’ decisions to commit a suicide bombing?
Ch. 15…What are some of the characteristics of serial killers and their victims?
Ch. 16… According to the research presented in Kimmel and Mahler’s article, what are some of the triggers and causes for school shootings?
Ch. 18… According to Bates, in her article “Tenured and Battered,” how does she feel about the choice she made regarding her marriage? What new challenges arose?
Ch. 19…Differentiate between compliance and resistance when being stalked.
Ch. 20… According to Debra Jackson’s article “Child to Mother Violence,” what are some of the facts on child to parent abuse?
Ch. 24… What are the effects of a psychiatric label on a person?
Ch. 25…How did ADHD came to be accepted as a condition that could affect adults according to Conrad and Potter’s article “The Emergence Of Hyperactive Adults As Abnormal.”
Ch. 26… What are some of the consequences the obese encounter because they are stigmatized?
Ch. 29… What does the article “You’re Not a Retard, You’re just Wise” tell us about the nature of being mentally challenged and being stigmatized for it?
Ch. 30 and 31…Differentiate between sex tourism and prostitution.
Ch. 34 and 36…What are some of the issues related to legal drugs like alcohol and prescription drugs like Oxycontin?