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On Being Sane in Insane Places, David L. Rosenhan



1

Rosenhan states that there were two forces that caused doctors to treat the pseudopatients as "insane." These forces were
A)definitions of normality and abnormality
B)a tendency to call the healthy sick and the power of the label schizophrenic
C)lessons learned in medical or nursing school
D)pressures from administrators and families to label patients as ill
2

Rosenhan's research utilizing pseudopatients in psychiatric hospitals illustrates all of the following EXCEPT
A)the power of labeling in society
B)how deviance is socially constructed
C)once given the label "abnormal" or "schizophrenic" it is very difficult to get rid of
D)that doctors correctly diagnose sanity and insanity
3

To study mental illness diagnoses in psychiatric hospitals, Rosenhan used which of the following research designs?
A)experiments
B)interviews
C)surveys
D)secondary data analysis
4

According to Rosenhan, real patients in psychiatric hospitals could tell that a psuedopatient was sane.
A)True
B)False
5

5 According to Rosenhan, research shows that the sane are always sane and the insane are always insane.
A)True
B)False

Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia: The Development of Deviant Identities, Penelope E. McLorg and Diane E. Taub



6

In their research on eating disorders, McLorg and Taub found that
A)women with eating disorders had identifiable mental illnesses that interfered with normal eating
B)women with eating disorders were obsessed with looking like models so they starved themselves
C)women with eating disorders experienced both primary and secondary deviance
D)women with eating disorders tended to come from families where corporeal punishment (spanking and slapping) were used
7

What type of research was utilized in the study by McLorg and Taub on eating disorders?
A)surveys and participant observation
B)participant observation and informal interviews
C)surveys and formal interviews
D)participant observation and experiments
8

McLorg and Taub's study on eating disorders utilizes convenience sampling.
A)True
B)False
9

Society labels anorexic and bulimic behavior as deviant because it breaks social norms of what is considered normal eating behavior.
A)True
B)False
10

The anorexics and bulimics in McLorg and Taub's study were the first to identify their behavior as an eating disorder.
A)True
B)False

In Search of Respect: Selling Crack in El Barrio, Philippe Bourgois



11

What is Bourgois' main goal in writing this article on selling crack in El Barrio?
A)Bourgois wants to understand the internal oppression of minority groups in New York City.
B)Bourgois wants to document the racial segregation and economic marginalization of minorities in inner-city New York.
C)Bourgois wants to detail how drug dealers sell crack to make money.
D)Bourgois wants to write about his relationships with inner-city drug lords.
12

In the reading by Bourgois, Primo's inappropriate wardrobe is one example of
A)institutionalized racism in the inner-city street culture
B)the sociological imagination
C)social deviance
D)the extreme poverty experienced by some minorities in the United States
13

According to Bourgois, selling crack in El Barrio is a rational choice for inner-city residents for all the following reasons EXCEPT
A)people can earn more selling crack than working at minimum wage jobs
B)people who sell crack are often addicted themselves
C)people who sell crack often do not have the proper attire or language skills to get a legitimate job
D)people who live in the inner-city face economic and social barriers, such as racism, to social mobility
14

Bourgois found that the only reason inner-city crack dealers sell drugs is for the high income it generates.
A)True
B)False
15

Bourgois argues that inner-city crack dealing is perpetuated by poverty and institutional racism.
A)True
B)False

Fraternities and Collegiate Rape Culture: Why Are Some Fraternities More Dangerous Places for Women? A. Ayres Boswell and Joan Z. Spade



16

Boswell and Spade argue that high amounts of rape at fraternities on college campus is caused by
A)individual men who have violent tendencies
B)individual women who drink too much
C)an environment that promotes values and behaviors conducive to rape
D)poor campus police enforcement
17

All of the following factors were found to contribute to high rates of college rapes EXCEPT
A)high intake of alcohol and drugs at fraternity parties
B)skewed gender ratios at fraternity parties
C)gender assumptions that men are aggressive and women are passive
D)sex education classes that talk about the rape culture
18

Boswell and Spade find that men at fraternity parties purposively use alcohol and drugs to gain sexual access to women.
A)True
B)False
19

Boswell and Spade argue that fraternities create environments that are conducive to rape.
A)True
B)False
20

Women interviewed in Boswell and Spade's study on collegiate rape said that fraternity men were looking for long-term relationships.
A)True
B)False







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