A college student is caught cheating on an exam and is brought before a college-wide disciplinary committee, which decides to expel the student from the school. The committee's action is an example of
A. neutralization.
B. formal social control.
C. informal social control.
D. enforcement of regulatory law.
Answer: B
You might also like to view...
Which of the following is the correct sequence of Piaget's stages?
a. concrete operations, sensorimotor, formal operations, preoperational b. sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operations, formal operations c. formal operations, concrete operations, preoperational, sensorimotor d. preoperational, formal operations, sensorimotor, concrete operations
What is the relationship between education and cohabitation?
a. A positive relationship -- the more education the more likely a person has cohabited. b. A negative or inverse relationship -- the more education the less likely a person has cohabited. c. A curvilinear relationship -- as education increases, the rate of cohabitation first increases and then decreases. d. A curvilinear relationship -- as education increases, the rate of cohabitation first decreases and then decreases.
According to your text, the "carriers of culture" are:
a. family, government, and religion. b. technology, environment, and population. c. biological, social, and cultural evolution. d. language, values, and norms.
Justin has been abusing alcohol for a number of years. He has been labeled as alcoholic by his family, who are weary of him. Justin has recently adopted elements of what is seen as a drug addict's lifestyle: losing his job and resisting employment, sleeping until the afternoon, borrowing money, and making excuses for his behavior. Sociologists label this behavior __________.
A. social disorganized deviance B. third-order deviance C. secondary deviance D. social deviance