Deck 4: Mental Disorder As Deviant Behavior

Question 1

Sociologists agree that mental disorder is a form of __________.

A) anomie
B) deviance
C) mania
D) stigma

Answer 1

B

Question 2

__________ are general social expectations of behavior.

A) Disorders
B) Judgments
C) Norms
D) Stigmas

Answer 2

C

Question 3

The work of Durkheim and Merton can be classified into __________ approaches.

A) analytic
B) labeling
C) social constructionist
D) structural

Answer 3

D

Question 4

In Durkheim's Suicide, he argues that suicide is __________.

A) entirely the result of individual forces
B) entirely the result of social forces
C) partly the result of individual and partly social forces
D) not the result of individual or social forces

Question 5

__________ is a type of suicide in which individuals become detached from society.

A) Altruistic
B) Anomic
C) Egoistic
D) Social

Question 6

Which of the following individuals is most likely to commit suicide, according to Durkheim?

A) a Protestant person without children
B) a Catholic person with children
C) a Protestant person with children
D) a Catholic person without children

Question 7

The practice of harakiri in Japan is an example of __________ suicide.

A) altruistic
B) anomic
C) egoistic
D) social

Question 8

According to Merton, __________ occurs when there is a breakdown in the cultural structure.

A) anomie
B) conformity
C) innovation
D) retreatism

Question 9

According to Merton, conformity occurs when __________.

A) an individual accepts the cultural goals but not the means for achieving those goals
B) an individual does not accept the cultural goals but does accept the means for achieving those goals
C) an individual does not accept either the cultural goals or the means for achieving those goals
D) an individual accepts both the cultural goals and the means for achieving those goals

Question 10

Some social groups (the unemployed and the lower class) are more prone to mental illness than other social groups. This is evidence that the __________ approaches have at least some validity.

A) agency
B) anomic
C) social
D) structural

Question 11

__________ refers to the process by which individuals make decisions based on their past, present, and future.

A) Agency
B) Anomie
C) Deviance
D) Symbolism

Question 12

Which of the following represents the central assumption of the symbolic interactionism?

A) human behavior is self-directed based on the shared understanding of symbols
B) behavior is dictated by social structure
C) behavior cannot be easily predicted or interpreted
D) human behavior changes based on who the individual is interacting with

Question 13

Mead's concept of __________ refers to a social product results from an individual's relationships and interactions with others.

A) the act
B) joint action
C) objects
D) the self

Question 14

According to symbolic interactionists, reality is __________.

A) fabricated
B) socially constructed
C) individual
D) impossible to define

Question 15

Primary deviance, according to Lemert, is __________.

A) a situation in which individuals commit a few small deviant acts but do not commit major acts of deviance
B) a serious form of deviance when an individual is labeled as a deviant
C) a form of deviance that identifies an individual as more than a deviant, but as a criminal deviant
D) when a "normal" person acts oddly, but whose behavior is rationalized because it is out of character

Question 16

According to labeling theory, deviance refers to __________.

A) a specific act
B) a reaction by others
C) a degree of wrongness
D) a deviant person

Question 17

According to Becker's typology, a __________ is one who is a rule-breaker who is seen as a deviant.

A) conformist
B) false accused
C) pure deviant
D) secret deviant

Question 18

One of the criticisms of labeling theory is that __________.

A) it does not address the cause of deviance
B) it addresses only how deviance begins
C) it is limited in its effectiveness
D) there is little research available

Question 19

In Rosenhan's study of pseudo-patients in a mental hospital concluded that __________.

A) the pseudo-patients were never fully accepted into the label of patient
B) the pseudo-patients easily convinced the doctors of their healthy status
C) after being admitted, the pseudo-patients became mentally ill and eventually were fully admitted into the hospital
D) once labeled, the pseudo-patients had a difficult time convincing the doctors otherwise

Question 20

Labeling theory is important because __________.

A) behavior cannot be changed by drugs alone
B) labeling theory has significant empirical support
C) persons labeled as mentally ill are stigmatized
D) mental illness is a medical condition

Question 21

__________ rejects the medical model of mental illness.

A) Labeling theory
B) Social constructionism
C) Functionalism
D) Social learning theory

Question 22

Social constructionism views mental illness as defined by __________.

A) society
B) patients
C) individuals
D) doctors

Question 23

Which of the following is not a micro-level theoretical perspective related to mental disorder?

A) social learning theory
B) labeling theory
C) symbolic interactionism
D) the medical model

Question 24

Social learning theorists focus on behavior that is __________.

A) influenced by the social environment
B) shaped by its consequences
C) observable and measurable
D) operant and respondent

Question 25

The major criticism of social learning theory is that __________.

A) it accepts that all individuals will eventually have a mental disorder
B) it assumes mental disorders are learned
C) empirical evidence does not support it
D) it does not account for agency

Question 26

Identify and describe the three types of suicide, as outlined by Durkheim.

Question 27

How is mental disorder related to economic change?

Question 28

How do the structural theories aim to understand mental disorder?

Question 29

What are the limitations of the agency-oriented perspectives?

Question 30

Describe Merton's typology of modes of adaptation.