Midterm Review

What theory argues that societies are characterized by competing interest?

• Structural Functionalism

• Strain Theory

• Conflict Theory

• Neutralization Theory

What theory claims that our understanding of the world is shaped by our social position?

• Symbolic Interactionism

• StandPoint Theory

• Theory of Mind

• Strain Theory

Normality is something we make with other people through

• Social Change

• Folkways

• Social Interaction

• Social Rules

What theory is the idea that deviance is caused by a tension between widely valued goals and people’s ability to attain them

• Structural Functionalism

• Neutralization Theory

• Symbolic Interactionism

• Strain Theory

Family, health, and state are examples of

• Social Institutions

• Social Organizations

• Social Rules

• None of the above

Which term is use to describe more and more parts of life that become efficient, predictable, and calculable

• McDonaldization

• Organization

• Social Integration

• None of the above

What is a characteristic of premodern era

• Social Organizations

• Division of labor

• Rational legal authority

• Traditional authority

What are organizations with formal policies, strict hierarchies and impersonal relations

• Social Organizations

• Bureaucracies

• Nation states

• Law

What is widespread normlessness, a weakening or alienation from social rules

• Anomie

• Deviance

• Mores

• Taboos

Societies shared understanding of what is right and wrong

• Social Rules

• Social Norms

• Collective Conscience

• Devaince