According to strain theory, the underlying cause of deviance is that people experience a sense of normlessness. This sense of normlessness is referred to as ________.
A) anomie
B) latent dysfunction
C) mass hysteria
D) retreatism
Question 2The U.S. is made up of many different groups. This classifies it as a __________.
Fill in the blanks with correct word
Question 3Sociologist Judith Kleinfeld felt Milgram stacked the deck in his small world phenomenon experiment because ________.
A) he only used men as the target population
B) he violated the ethical standards of research
C) many of his targets and starters shared a common interest
D) most of his sample lived in the same geographic area
Question 4The ________ theory developed by Robert Merton is based on the idea that most people want to attain cultural goals, but not everyone has the legitimate means of achieving them.
A) illegitimate opportunity
B) strain
C) labeling
D) control
Question 5As opposed to a subculture, a counterculture ________.
Fill in the blanks with correct word
Question 6All of the following theories follow the principles of symbolic interactionism EXCEPT for which one?
A) differential association theory
B) control theory
C) labeling theory
D) strain theory
Question 7Milgram's experiment involving the small world phenomenon utilized two groups. He referred to these two groups as the ________ and the ________.
A) in-group; out-group
B) starters; targets
C) givers; takers
D) primary; secondary
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