It is 3 a.m. and Tracy is driving home from work when she comes to an intersection where the light is red. Although she can see no other cars on the road in any direction, Tracy waits until the light turns green. Sociologically, this is an example of:
a. deterrence.
b. internal means of control.
c. external means of control.
d. sanctions.
e. operant conditioning.
B
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Leslie is filling out an application for a job at a local market, and the form asks her to provide her sex. She is confused what to select because although she is a biological female and appears as one, she truly identifies with being a male. Which is the correct advice for Leslie?
A. Ask the employer to add a second field on the application form for gender. B. Select “female” for sex, since Leslie’s sex is determined by biology. C. Select “male” for sex, since Leslie identifies with being male. D. Leslie should mark both “male” and “female” given the situation.
The emergence of “labor-saving” home appliances had the effect of __________
A) encouraging men to do an equal part in domestic labor B) freeing up women’s time to pursue an active public life C) burdening women with more work that formerly would have been done by others D) allowing children to take the labor burden off their mothers
Most neo Freudians were experimental researchers and scientists.
a. true b. false
Identify a true statement about Richard Quinney.
A. He rejected the notion that lawmaking is often an attempt by the powerful to coerce others into their own morality. B. He contended that prostitution, as well as the more disturbing aspects of pornography, reinforce the misconception that women are "toys" who can be treated as objects rather than people. C. He held the view that crime is a definition of conduct created by authorized agents of social control in a politically organized society. D. He suggested that many of the existing approaches to deviance and crime were developed with only men in mind.