Sociologically, what is the difference between a group and a crowd?

A characteristic of primary groups is that they

The sense of solidarity or team spirit that an individual feels toward their group is called

Mark just bought a brand-new Subaru hybrid after driving a twenty-year-old car for a long time. He is really impressed with his new car and takes every opportunity to drive his friends around in it. Over the next year, three of his friends buy new Subarus and three others are seriously considering doing so. Which concept best describes what is happening in Mark’s network?

Which of the following statements about crime and gender have been supported by data from the last decade?

Individuals always feel loyalty toward their in-group, but under what circumstances would this loyalty be particularly strong?

Some Americans are angry about how many immigrants enter the country every year. A supporter of structural functionalism would argue that this anger

What do we call norm violations that are codified into law?

Which of the following is true regarding prison as a mechanism for punishing crime?

The mother of a university student encourages her son to join a fraternity. She hopes that peer pressure and groupthink may lead her son to do things he hasn’t tried before, such as volunteering and attending formal events. What perspective best describes her views?

There are several ways in which gays and lesbians in the United States have chosen to manage their stigma. What strategy are gay rights activists using when they chant the slogan “We’re here, we’re queer, get used to it”?

Who is MOST likely to commit murder according to the Uniform Crime Report?

A twenty-eight-year-old woman is on the verge of a big promotion at work. She didn’t finish college until she was twenty-five, and the entry-level job she currently has is unimpressive. She decides to attend her ten-year high school reunion only if she is promoted. What do sociologists say her high school classmates represent if they can have this much influence on her decision to attend the reunion?

A college professor has a large collection of controversial counterculture T-shirts, but makes sure to never wear these shirts to class. What is this kind of conformity called?

A producer for a cable news show is feeling insecure. She complains to her boss that she isn’t very smart and that she only does well because she’s scared of being yelled at. Her boss tells her to stop whining and not worry about it. He says, “I’m a results guy. I don’t care why it works as long as it works!” What leadership style do you think her boss has?

Charismatic authority is unlike either traditional authority or legal-rational authority in that it is rooted in

What term describes “actions considered deviant within a given context but are later reinterpreted as appropriate or even heroic”?

What might a conflict theorist conclude about deviance if an upper-middle-class white college student is sentenced to rehab for the same drug crime that a lower-class black man is sentenced to jail for committing?

A high school decides that its band should wear uniforms. The school only buys uniforms in three sizes to be more efficient and forces each student to pick the size that comes closest to fitting. What does this exemplify?

Why does Elijah Anderson, in his book Streetwise, argue that young African American men are more likely to be arrested?

________ suggests that individuals learn to be deviant by interacting with others who are already deviant.

Which of the following describes how deviance can be explained from the functionalist perspective?

The vast majority of crimes come to the attention of the police in response to citizen complaints. Citizens do not usually bother to inform the authorities if they do not think a crime is serious enough or feel that nothing can be done. This means that there might be serious bias in the

Which of the following would sociologists consider the best definition of deviance?

What is one of the principal reasons people turn to deviant behavior in the United States, according to the structural strain theory of deviance as articulated by Robert Merton?