Lesson 03B1.3.1

03B1.3.1 Functionalism, Marxism, neo-Marxism/radical criminology and feminism Quiz: OCR Sociology, Unit 8

20 questions

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The 20 questions

  1. Which sociological perspective views crime as an inevitable and normal aspect of a healthy society?

    • Feminism
    • Interactionism
    • Functionalism
    • Marxism

  2. According to Robert Merton, what term describes the strain between cultural goals and institutionalised means?

    • Apathy
    • Altruism
    • Alienation
    • Anomie

  3. Which Mertonian adaptation describes accepting cultural goals but using illegitimate means to achieve them?

    • Innovation
    • Rebellion
    • Ritualism
    • Retreatism

  4. Whose subcultural strain theory argues that working-class boys experience status frustration in middle-class schools?

    • Robert Merton
    • Howard Becker
    • Albert Cohen
    • Travis Hirschi

  5. Which sociologists identified criminal, conflict, and retreatist subcultural responses?

    • Cohen and Albert
    • Becker and Lemert
    • Cloward and Ohlin
    • Merton and Parsons

  6. Which sociological approach views the capitalist economic system as criminogenic by its very nature?

    • Functionalism
    • Labelling theory
    • Marxism
    • New Right

  7. Which term describes the Marxist view that laws are created and enforced to serve ruling-class interests?

    • Social solidarity
    • Ideological control
    • Collective conscience
    • Value consensus

  8. Which theoretical perspective combines Marxist political economy with interactionist labelling approaches?

    • Right realism
    • Neo-Marxism
    • Postmodernism
    • New Right

  9. What term do Taylor, Walton and Young use for a politically motivated criminal who fights capitalism?

    • Anomic deviant
    • Moral entrepreneur
    • Folk devil
    • Modern Robin Hood

  10. Which feminist perspective focuses on the patriarchal control of women through domestic roles and male violence?

    • Difference feminism
    • Marxist feminism
    • Liberal feminism
    • Radical feminism

  11. What term did Pat Carlen use for the rewards working-class women receive for domestic conformity?

    • Economic settlement
    • Social contract
    • Patriarchal bargain
    • Class and gender deal

  12. Apply knowledge: A working-class youth steals cars because he cannot afford consumer goods legally. Which Mertonian adaptation is this?

    • Innovation
    • Conformity
    • Retreatism
    • Ritualism

  13. Apply knowledge: A civil servant blindly follows bureaucratic rules without caring about promotion. Which Mertonian adaptation is this?

    • Rebellion
    • Retreatism
    • Innovation
    • Ritualism

  14. Apply knowledge: A gang forms in an area with a stable, organised adult criminal underworld. According to Cloward and Ohlin, what subculture is this?

    • Conflict subculture
    • Violent subculture
    • Criminal subculture
    • Retreatist subculture

  15. Apply knowledge: A Marxist researcher argues that corporate safety laws are only passed to appease workers rather than protect them. What concept applies?

    • Social cohesion
    • Zero tolerance
    • Selective enforcement
    • Value consensus

  16. Harder: Which concept refers to Durkheim's idea that crime is useful because it challenges outdated laws and drives social change?

    • Boundary maintenance
    • Anomie resolution
    • Strain reduction
    • Collective conscience

  17. Harder: Which criminological approach criticises traditional Marxism for leaving women out of crime analysis?

    • Left realism
    • Right realism
    • Labelling theory
    • Feminist criminology

  18. Harder: What is the key limitation of subcultural theories highlighted by interactionist critics regarding official statistics?

    • Economic determinism
    • Biological reductionism
    • Structural functionalism
    • Police bias

  19. Harder: Which term describes the neo-Marxist attempt to unite structural capitalist analysis with micro-level meanings of criminal acts?

    • Control theory
    • Absolute deterrence
    • Fully social theory
    • General strain theory

  20. According to Durkheim, what vital function does crime perform that prevents society from becoming stagnant?

    • Value consensus
    • Collective conscience
    • Social solidarity
    • Boundary maintenance

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