Most formal systems of social control primarily rely on __________.
a. reward
b. humor
c. coercion
d. advice
Alcoholics Anonymous, Weight Watchers, and Gamblers Anonymous are examples of __________.
a. hypnotic therapy
b. support group therapy
c. behavior modification
d. psychoanalysis
Molly and her partner Alisha had an argument last night over money. Molly got mad and slapped Alisha. Alisha got mad and left the room, and the physical fight did not escalate further. This is likely an example of __________.
a. intimate terrorism
b. mutual violent control
c. common couple violence
d. violent resistance
Which of the following is LEAST LIKELY to serve as example of social control?
a. the Ten Commandments
b. gossip
c. criminal justice system
d. humor
Violence between those who are physically and sexually intimate, such as spouses or partners, is called __________.
a. domestic violence
b. intimate terrorism
c. sex abuse
d. intimate partner violence
Mental illness is person-specific. With respect to treatment, this means __________.
a. medical treatment must be combined with talk therapy
b. psychiatrists start with very low dosages of electric shock and slowly increase the dosage
c. treatment will differ; there is not one drug or treatment that works for everyone
d. there is no cure for mental illness
Which statement best describes households in which grandparents are taking care of their grandchildren?
a. Grandparents often have physical or mental health problems that could make caring for a child difficult.
b. Child welfare agencies have usually intervened on behalf of the child.
c. Almost 2 million children live only with their grandparents and are cared for by those grandparents.
d. When grandparents get involved in childrearing, it is usually because the parent is dead.
Lamar and his wife Kay are both in their early 60s and are raising two grandchildren on their own. How common is this situation of grandparents raising their grandchildren without the children's parents present?
a. Almost 1 million children live with a grandparent without their parent present, but the number has declined in the last decade.
b. Of those children living with a grandparent, the majority of them do not have their own parents present.
c. It is rare for children to live alone with a grandparent; usually their own parents are living with them also.
d. Roughly one in 70 children lives with a grandparent, and in almost half of these cases, they do not have their own parent present.
In Robert K. Merton's anomie theory, criminality can be the result of the adaptation called innovation. In committing crime, the innovator __________.
a. discovers or invents a new way of committing crime
b. invents various rationalizations to justify his or her crime
c. participates in the formation of new criminal subcultures
d. accepts success goals, but abandons socially approved means of attaining them
About ______ percent of all lifetime cases of mental illness begin by age 14.
a. 5
b. 20
c. 35
d. 50
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