Chapters 1 and 2 Quiz Social Problems Study guide

University:
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Course:
SOC 302 | Social Problems
Academic year:

2019
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1. The objectivist definition of harm can be criticized for being a. so broad that it is vague to the point of losing its meaning. 2. Subjectivists tend to think of social problems as a. the process of responding to social conditions. 3. Saying that something is socially constructed means that it is a. shaped by people’s deﬁnitions and understandings of it. 4. The term natural history refers to the sequence of stages that social problems a. Often move through 5. Social problems workers are typically responsible for a. carrying out the practical actions deemed necessary to manage a problem. 6. Typifying examples are usually a. extreme examples that try to catch the attention of the audience. 7. Naming the problem is the moment when a. a catchy term like identity theft is created for the problem. 8. The argument that something should be done about motorcycle riders who do not wear helmets to keep health care costs lower is an example of a a. Warrant 9. _____is an example of domain expansion a. Moving from deﬁning poverty as a situation where people cannot meet their basic survival needs to a situation that includes people who have to work very long hours to meet their needs 10. Saying that claims tend to take standard forms means that a. within a given culture, most claims will tend to have similar elements.