Dear Class,
I have emailed a couple of power point study guides to your email. This format, I think, will be more helpful than a linear written document.
The exam will comprise:
short answer questions
opinion questions which need to take into account the course material
a longer essay question relating determinism and free will to the film Minority Report
I am going to post some questions here... Some have answers provided, others have not been. Please leave comments, queries, and practice answers...
1. What are the four factors which make an act deviant?
a. Violation of a social norm
b. Involvement of a person or persons in said violation
c. An audience to judge and evaluate violation
d. The likelihood of a negative reaction following the discovery of a violation of norms
2. Describe a stereotypical deviant and describe what forms of deviance and crime are generally omitted from this image. Explain why you think this is.
3. What do the ABC’s of deviance?
a. Attitudes
b. Behavior
c. Conditions
4. What is the difference between societal and situational deviance?
a
5. Give an example of something that is societally deviant but not situationally deviant.
a. Homosexuality
b. Rape as a form of genocide
c. Marijuana use
6. Define cognitive deviance.
a. Holding unconventional, unorthodox, unpopular or deviant beliefs
7. What is the difference between achieved and ascribed statuses? Give an example of each.
8. Describe a situation where collective deviance has occurred in the past.
9. List three of the four things Goode says that deviance is not.
a. Deviance is not a judgment of right or wrong
b. Deviance is not related to mental illness
c. Deviance is not dependent on unusualness or statistical difference from the population
d. Deviance is not defined by harm
10. What are the three assumptions that positive theorists follow?
a. Empiricism
b. Determinism
c. Objectivism
11. List five of the eight tenets of classical theory (rational calculation/free-choice)
12. What are two types of determinism? Give an example of when each would be a factor in determining ones actions.
a. Biological determinism
i. Genetic predisposition to alcoholism
b. Psychological determinism
i. Oppositional Defiant Disorder
13. If research could show that the tendency to commit crime is inherited, what should be done with the young children of violence-prone criminals? And what ethical concerns might come up?
14. Examine the merits and limitations of deterministic theories (biological and psychological theories of crime) in relation to the film Minority Report (write one page)
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I am a little hesitant about the test because we have missed a couple classes due to the weather and the lecture but I think the study guide questions and the power point are going to be very helpful.
As a practice answer to number 2, I think what we did in class is an example. The long hair, smelly, dirty clothes, etc. Alot of people assume they are a deviant person and will steal, rob, rape, etc. What is left out is the capital crimes with this stereotype. In looking over the reviews for the test I feel ok, but a little worried about some questions, but as long as I study the material over the weekend I should be fine, I hope :))..
7) Something that is ascribed is something that a person is born with. It is a status that they cannot help having because they are sort of predetermined to have that status. For example, if you are African American, it is an ascribed status because you are born with that ethnicity and there is nothing you can do to change it. An achieved status is something a person has to work for. It is something that is not simply born with. For example, if you are a police officer, it is an achieved status because you most likely went to school and worked hard to be able to have the credentials to become one.
Hi Rachel, hopefully the power point will help you and we cam also meet to go over any questions. Althuogh we've missed classes, we haven't missed any work... so we're just behind.
Also, Sara has offered to do a study session on Sunday on campus.
Susan... Yes, you're right. Specifically, crimes of the upper classes are left out: including white collar crime, corporate crime, pollution, etc.
kloubier - great answer!
Alex
For number three are you also asking for us to describe the ABC's of deviance and not just name what they are? I'm a little nervous about the test especially for the one page part about the movie. But filling out the answers to these questions is definitely helping.
Hi Natalie, if I ask a question like that you should just explain briefly what the concept is. For example: attitude, behavior, condition. However, I may ask you for examples... so be mindful of that, too.
As long as you can see how the theories relate to the film you will be fine. You might want to think of some instance from the film to illustrate your answer.
Alex
The study guide powerpoint presentations and these questions on the blog are a huge help for studying for this exam! Thank you very much!
I think that these questions and the powerpoints were a huge help. Thank you for making/doing it for us!!!
I feel pretty good about the topics on the study guide. I kind of think that questions 13 and 14 are kind of related. I feel that 13is related to the idea of Minority Report, if you try and contain children of criminals you aren't giving them a chance to make their own decisions on how they are going to live their life. The study guide and power points seem to be like a lot of help. Thank you!
4. societal deviance are acts, beliefs, and conditions that are widely condemned through out the particular society. acts are either thought of as deviant or not/ right or wrong(high consensus deviance)
situational deviance is whatever attracts condemnation, censure, punishment, scorn and stigma specifically in particular groups or social circles. different groups have different opinions of what is right or wrong. (low consensus deviance)
I went through the powerpoint and the study guide on line and I feel pretty confidient. As long as there are no major surprises I feel like I understand all the material. I just hope I don't confuse what theorist said what.
The powerpoint and study guide were extremely helpful. Thank you for posting them! Gooood luck everybody:-)
the study guide powerpoints help a lot, thanks for that
I feel much more confident with the material now that i have gone through the powerpoint and study guide. Still a bit hesitant on certain questions relating to the film.
went through the questions first and felt pretty confident about the information covered, but the study guide was a big help, there were a few things that i had forgotten that had been talked about at the beginning of class. I like the study guide better than skimming the book because the book can sometimes make the answers a bit cryptic and the power points helped me understand stuff a lot better.
The powerpoints were a huge help in preparing for the exam, thanks. Hopefully you will send them out again next time.
Today is exam day and the just looking over the power points and the suggested questions on the blog were tremendously helpful. Good luck everyone today!!
-Kaleigh
I didnt get a chance to check out this blog until right after the exam. It covered everything that was on the exam, and on the power point which I found very helpful in preparing for it.
I think the test went well today. The study guides and the questions here on the blog were extremely helpful and they really helped me study for the exam. I hope to get more study guides for the next tests!
I think that the study guide and powerpoint were a big help in studying and preparing for the exam. Knowing that we had missed a couple classes, I was hesitant going into the studying week. With the guide and pp I was less stressed.
Societal deviance looks at violations/reactions in vertical terms. It assess how the majority(most powerful) judge wrongdoing. In this situation, large groups determine and influence while small groups have little to no power. It raises the question of the dominance of one group over another. Some groups are more numerous, powerful and therefore influential than others...additionally, these more powerful/influential groups maybe influence the definitions of right and wrong generally. Situational deviance looks at violations/reactions in horizontal terms. It considers how individual groups from one-to-another "across" society judge deivance. Refers to the fact that a belief or act can be a violation in one group and conformist in another.
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