Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

What causes suicide? - answer-Lack of moral regulation What keep people from committing suicide? - answer-- Moral reponsibility for others - Structure Anomie - answer-Not knowing what the rules are or what's normal - Cause of suicide Rapid change in fortune - answer-- Can cause anomie - Champagne suicide What happened in European countries when they achieved economic prosperity? - answer-Suicide rates continued rising Are men or women more likely to commit suicide?...

Herbert Hyman and Paul Sheatsley - answer-Some reasons why information campaigns fail - chronic know-nothings, the role of interest relating to exposure, selective exposure produced by prior attitudes, selective interpretation following exposure, differential changes in attitudes after exposure. Paul Lazarsfeld - answer-Two Step flow of communication - mass media --> Opinion leaders --> Followers Elihu Katz - answer-opinion leaders - If someone gets new information they check i...

Control Theory and Juvenile Delinquency - answer-- Travis Hirschi - main idea: the bond of social attachments to delinquency - commitment: just by living in an organized society you are too scared to take actions that would risk the rewards you get from society - survey: high school juniors and seniors completed questionnaires and their school records were looked at. there were 3 parts and police data was used - the results: socioeconomic status wasn't connected to self reported delinqu...

Mancur Olson - answer-developed the theory of free riders, public goods, and private goods public good - answer-a good where people get the benefits without having to pay anything; nonrival and nonexcludable private good - answer-a good where people only benefit from paying; rival and excludable free-rider - answer-someone who uses public goods zoning - answer-geographic area that has been defined according to varying levels of flood risk marshland - answer-a piece of ...

What is the main finding of Ted Gurr's study? - answer-The homicide rate in England had a steep decline from the middle ages to now What is the ranking of men and women both white and black for their risk of violence? - answer-Black males Black females White males White females Rapes are committed most commonly by - answer-someone you know, not casual but well known (ex. bf/gf, ex bf/ex gf, friends, people with whom you have informal business deals with) People associated with...

Herbert Hyman and Paul Sheatsley are authors of which reading? - answer-"Some Reasons Why Information Campaigns Fail." What are the main ideas of "Some Reasons Why Information Campaigns Fail." - answer--"Know-Nothings" -Interested People Acquire the most Info -People seek info that supports their prior attitudes -People interpret the same info differently -Information does not technically change attitudes -Many psychological barriers when attempting to spread info -Public sur...

3 ways of measuring crime - answer-looking at published stats, self-report, victimization study Personal crime - answer-crimes between or against a person Predatory crimes - answer-want something from the victim introspective crime - answer-crimes of passion 3 Lowest Crime Rate Countries - answer-Switzerland, Singapore, Japan Steven Pinker - answer-"Better angels of our nature" Anoime - answer-Durkheim's term for the loss of direction felt in a society w...

Sociology 205 Cohn Exam 2 (final) Questions & Answers

What is the Control Theory? - answer-Delinquent acts result when an individuals bond to society is weakened or broken. what was Durkheimian's view in Travis Hirschi's book? - answer-We are moral beings to the extent that we are social beings. People might be too busy doing conventional things to find time to do deviant things. Which gender is more likely to commit crimes? Why? - answer-Boys. Boys are more likely to commit crimes because they are less supervised. What can prevent...

Herbert Hyman and Paul Sheatsley are authors of which reading? - "Some Reasons Why Information Campaigns Fail." What are the main ideas of "Some Reasons Why Information Campaigns Fail." - -"Know-Nothings" -Interested People Acquire the most Info -People seek info that supports their prior attitudes -People interpret the same info differently -Information does not technically change attitudes -Many psychological barriers when attempting to spread info -Public surveys may be the on...