Explanations for deviance that focus on genetic predispositions to explain why individuals commit ...

Explanations for deviance that focus on genetic predispositions to explain why individuals commit deviant acts are most aligned with which discipline?
 
  A) sociobiology
  B) sociology
  C) psychology
  D) anthropology

Question 2

With the domestication of plants and animals, a number of significant social changes occurred. All of the following represent one of these changes, EXCEPT for which one?
 
  A) a more specialized division of labor
  B) groups increased in size and number
  C) groups became more specialized
  D) societies became more egalitarian

Question 3

As societies grow larger, they divide work among members based on some standardized characteristic such as age or sex. This is referred to as ________.
 
  A) social solidarity
  B) social imperative
  C) division of labor
  D) class structure

Question 4

Suicide bombers in Iraq are accorded high praise by those who oppose an American presence in the Middle East and are considered heroic warriors. Such honor and praise is an example of a ________.
 
  A) positive sanction
  B) negative sanction
  C) degradation ceremony
  D) shaming

Question 5

Which society was the first to develop permanent settlements?
 
  A) the horticultural society
  B) the pastoral society
  C) the hunting and gathering society
  D) the industrial society

Question 6

The anthropologist who gathered data on hundreds of groups around the world to compare their customs, and then concluded that specific customs differed from one group to another, was ________.
 
  A) Benjamin Whorf
  B) Edward Wilson
  C) Edward Sapir
  D) George Murdock

Question 7

According to Durkheim, when a society increases in size, its division of labor becomes more specialized. People begin to depend upon one another and become interdependent. This form of social cohesion was a concept that he termed ________.
 
  A) Gemeinschaft
  B) organic solidarity
  C) mechanical solidarity
  D) Gesellschaft

Question 8

What was the impetus for the first social revolution?
 
  A) the domestication of plants and animals
  B) the invention of the steam engine
  C) the invention of the plow
  D) the establishment of cities