Eitzen, In Conflict and Order: Understanding Society, 14th Edition, Test Bank
Chapter Five: Social Control
Multiple Choice Questions
TB_Q5.1.1
To influence members of a society that deviate from its norms, social groups exert two types of social control called
a. ideological and philosophical.
b. ideological and direct.
c. direct intervention and direct control.
d. direct and philosophical.
Learning Objective: LO 5.1: Compare the various agents of ideological social control and their effectiveness in controlling behavior.
Topic/Concept: Agents of Ideological Social Control
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
TB_Q5.1.2
Which of the following is the correct definition of ideological social control?
a. The attempt to manipulate the consciousness of citizens so that they accept the ruling ideology and refuse
to be moved by competing ideologies
b. The attempt to punish or neutralize (render powerless) organizations or individuals who deviate from
society’s norms
c. The attempt to punish or neutralize (render powerless) organizations or individuals who conform to
society’s norms
d. The attempt to manipulate the consciousness of citizens so that they refuse to be moved by the ruling
ideology or competing ideologies
Learning Objective: LO 5.1: Compare the various agents of ideological social control and their effectiveness in controlling behavior.
Topic/Concept: Agents of Ideological Social Control
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Analyze It
TB_Q5.1.3
According to the chapter, what makes ideological social control more effective than more overt measures?
a. Effective rules and laws ensure the individual’s desire to conform.
b. Individuals are pursuaded through logic and reason that their society’s way is the only way.
c. Individuals are not forced to conform; they want to conform.
d. Individuals are forced to conform; they do not want to conform.
Learning Objective: LO 5.1: Compare the various agents of ideological social control and their effectiveness in controlling behavior.
Topic/Concept: Agents of Ideological Social Control
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Chapter Five: Social Control
TB_Q5.1.4
Billy’s parents are traditional and strict, while Tyler’s parents are quite permissive. Which parents will be more
successful in transmitting societal expectations of behavior?
a. Billy’s parents
b. Tyler’s parents
c. Neither. Moderate parents would be most successful.
d. All parents transmit societal expectations of behavior.
Learning Objective: LO 5.1: Compare the various agents of ideological social control and their effectiveness in controlling behavior.
Topic/Concept: Agents of Ideological Social Control
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Apply What You Know
TB_Q5.1.5
According to the chapter, schools indoctinate students in behavioral standards about
a. speech, dress, and demeanor.
b. attitudes, values, and behavior.
c. punishing obediance and obeying the status quo.
d. promoting an us-versus-them attitude.
Learning Objective: LO 5.1: Compare the various agents of ideological social control and their effectiveness in controlling behavior.
Topic/Concept: Agents of Ideological Social Control
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
TB_Q5.1.6
According to David Sadler, despite improvement over the last 40 years, bias can still be found in
a. sports rules.
b. textbooks.
c. families.
d. history.
Learning Objective: LO 5.1: Compare the various agents of ideological social control and their effectiveness in controlling behavior.
Topic/Concept: Agents of Ideological Social Control
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
TB_Q5.1.7
In Conflict and Order, 14th edition
According to the chapter, the Amish believe their practice of the Meidung is the best way to get an individual to see
the error of his or her ways. This practice is also known as
a. confession.
b. baptism.
c. shunning.
d. scolding
Learning Objective: LO 5.1: Compare the various agents of ideological social control and their effectiveness in controlling behavior.
Topic/Concept: Agents of Ideological Social Control
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
TB_Q5.1.8
Throughout U.S. history, there has been a strong tendency for _____ to accept existing government policies,
whether slavery, war, or the conquest of Native Americans.
a. trade unions
b. religious groups
c. new immigrants
d. deviants
Learning Objective: LO 5.1: Compare the various agents of ideological social control and their effectiveness in controlling behavior.
Topic/Concept: Agents of Ideological Social Control
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
TB_Q5.1.9
Marx called religion “the opiate of the masses” because
a. opium was served during Mass in the Russian Orthodox Church.
b. people feel better after attending religious services and, therefore, have the strength to combat injustice.
c. he was both highly religious and an opium addict.
d. he said it persuades people to accept an unjust system rather than work to change it.
Learning Objective: LO 5.1: Compare the various agents of ideological social control and their effectiveness in controlling behavior.
Topic/Concept: Agents of Ideological Social Control
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Analyze It
TB_Q5.1.10
Chapter Five: Social Control
According to the chapter, sports fans watching the Olympic Games unite behind their flag and their athletes
because
a. the Olympics can be seen as a stylized world war in which nations win or lose.
b. the Olympics have replaced war as a place for nations to conquer territory.
c. people of all nations enjoy sports at every level.
d. sports are the only way to indoctrinate citizens with national pride.
Learning Objective: LO 5.1: Compare the various agents of ideological social control and their effectiveness in controlling behavior.
Topic/Concept: Agents of Ideological Social Control
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
TB_Q5.1.11
Regarding sports, the author makes the case that because most American homes have television sets, it is possible for
everyone to _____, thus maintaining the status quo.
a. participate on sports teams at their own level
b. participate vicariously in sports and associated nationalism
c. receive the societal message of the importance of physical fitness
d. choose to watch or not watch sporting events
Learning Objective: LO 5.1: Compare the various agents of ideological social control and their effectiveness in controlling behavior.
Topic/Concept: Agents of Ideological Social Control
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
TB_Q5.1.12
The idea that professional sports are a way for people from the lowest classes to achieve upward mobility is
clearly _____, according to the chapter.
a. a social good
b. a vehicle of patriotism
c. a myth
d. important for keeping kids in school
Learning Objective: LO 5.1: Compare the various agents of ideological social control and their effectiveness in controlling behavior.
Topic/Concept: Agents of Ideological Social Control
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
TB_Q5.1.13
In Conflict and Order, 14th edition
_____ is a vehicle by which the values of success in competition, hard work, perseverance, discipline, and
order are transmitted, as demonstrated by the existence of Little League and similar programs.
a. Children’s programming
b. Indoctrination programs
c. School
d. Sport
Learning Objective: LO 5.1: Compare the various agents of ideological social control and their effectiveness in controlling behavior.
Topic/Concept: Agents of Ideological Social Control
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
TB_Q5.1.14
Movies, television, newspapers, magazines, and the Internet all fall under the umbrella term
a. the media.
b. cultural biproducts.
c. societal motivators.
d. infotainment.
Learning Objective: LO 5.1: Compare the various agents of ideological social control and their effectiveness in controlling behavior.
Topic/Concept: Agents of Ideological Social Control
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
TB_Q5.1.15
In 1983 the mainstream media was controlled by 50 companies. Today, how many corporations control 90% of what
Americans read, watch, or listen to?
a. 6
b. 14
c. 30
d. 60
Learning Objective: LO 5.1: Compare the various agents of ideological social control and their effectiveness in controlling behavior.
Topic/Concept: Agents of Ideological Social Control
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
TB_Q5.1.16
Chapter Five: Social Control
Because media conglomerates are profit-seeking enterprises, they tend to emphasize
a. a liberal agenda in the news.
b. infotainment over entertainment.
c. entertainment over news.
d. national politics over state-wide or local politics.
Learning Objective: LO 5.1: Compare the various agents of ideological social control and their effectiveness in controlling behavior.
Topic/Concept: Agents of Ideological Social Control
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
TB_Q5.1.17.
Attorney and journalist Dave Saldana warned that
a. social control of members within the Amish sect is accomplished through informal mechanisms (such as
gossip) and more formal techniques when offenses are deemed serious.
b. people are taught what is proper, moral, and appropriate, a process that is generally so powerful that
individuals conform, not out of fear of punishment, but because they want to.
c. until the 1980s, one company could legally own no more than seven AM and seven FM radio stations, but
today, Clear Channel Communications owns 1,200 radio stations.
d. when one company, motivated solely by profit, can choose what news to cover and how to cover it, you
may not be getting the full story.
Learning Objective: LO 5.1: Compare the various agents of ideological social control and their effectiveness in controlling behavior.
Topic/Concept: Agents of Ideological Social Control
Difficulty Level: Difficult
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
TB_Q5.1.18
According to the chapter, one way that government exerts ideological social control is by promoting the idea
that _____ is good and _____ is bad.
a. capitalism; socialism
b. socialism; capitalism
c. communism; democracy
d. democracy; republicanism
Learning Objective: LO 5.1: Compare the various agents of ideological social control and their effectiveness in controlling behavior.
Topic/Concept: Agents of Ideological Social Control
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Apply What You Know
TB_Q5.1.19
In Conflict and Order, 14th edition
According to Harvey Cox, in the United States the _____ is believed to have the same characteristics as God:
omnipresent, omniscient, and omnipotent.
a. family
b. market
c. government
d. school
Learning Objective: LO 5.1: Compare the various agents of ideological social control and their effectiveness in controlling behavior.
Topic/Concept: Agents of Ideological Social Control
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
TB_Q5.1.20
The chapter points out that the public can be manipulated by the _____ by being convinced that their security is
threatened, as happened when the second Bush Administration declared war on Iraq.
a. family
b. market
c. government
d. school
Learning Objective: LO 5.1: Compare the various agents of ideological social control and their effectiveness in controlling behavior.
Topic/Concept: Agents of Ideological Social Control
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
TB_Q5.1.21
Government ideological control is demonstrated by the _____ efforts of different government agencies.
a. health and safety
b. education funding
c. social security
d. public relations
Learning Objective: LO 5.1: Compare the various agents of ideological social control and their effectiveness in controlling behavior.
Topic/Concept: Agents of Ideological Social Control
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
TB_Q5.1.22
Chapter Five: Social Control
The most obvious way that government officials attempt to shape public opinion is through
a. televised speeches.
b. legislation.
c. court decisions.
d. encyclicals.
Learning Objective: LO 5.1: Compare the various agents of ideological social control and their effectiveness in controlling behavior.
Topic/Concept: Agents of Ideological Social Control
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
TB_Q5.1.23
From time to time _____ try to exert ideological social control by mandating certain course content in public
schools. Texas is often cited as an extreme example of this practice.
a. the federal agencies
b. state legislatures
c. religious institutions
d. families
Learning Objective: LO 5.1: Compare the various agents of ideological social control and their effectiveness in controlling behavior.
Topic/Concept: Agents of Ideological Social Control
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Analyze It
TB_Q5.1.24
Who maintained that the “have nots” would eventually feel their common oppression and unite to overthrow the
owners of capital?
a. Vladimir Putin
b. David Saldana
c. Karl Marx
d. Carl Jung
Learning Objective: LO 5.1: Compare the various agents of ideological social control and their effectiveness in controlling behavior.
Topic/Concept: Agents of Ideological Social Control
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
TB_Q5.1.25
In Conflict and Order, 14th edition
Which of the following would Karl Marx NOT be likely to consider a “have not” in a capitalist society?
a. Single white mother making the minimum wage at a fast-food restaurant
b. Ivy-league educated African American man pulled over by the police for driving a flashy car
c. Man working in an automobile factory who is a recent immigrant from Ukraine
d. White, male college professor of English descent, who has just lost a book contract
Learning Objective: LO 5.1: Compare the various agents of ideological social control and their effectiveness in controlling behavior.
Topic/Concept: Agents of Ideological Social Control
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Apply What You Know
TB_Q5.2.26
_____ social control is defined as the attempt to punish or neutralize (render powerless) organizations or individuals
who deviate from society’s norms?
a. Direct
b. Indirect
c. Ideological
d. Legalized
Learning Objective: LO 5.2: Compare the various agents of direct social control and their effectiveness in controlling behavior.
Topic/Concept: Agents of Direct Social Control
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
TB_Q5.2.27
The chapter identifies four types of people who are considered deviant and therefore targets of direct social
control. Which of the following is NOT one of those four types?
a. The poor
b. The one percent
c. The mentally ill
d. Criminals
Learning Objective: LO 5.2: Compare the various agents of direct social control and their effectiveness in controlling behavior.
Topic/Concept: Agents of Direct Social Control
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
TB_Q5.2.28
Chapter Five: Social Control
According to Piven and Cloward, the purpose of social welfare is to
a. provide for the needy.
b. segregate the rich from the poor.
c. defuse social unrest.
d. bar people from their traditional occupations.
Learning Objective: LO 5.2: Compare the various agents of direct social control and their effectiveness in controlling behavior.
Topic/Concept: Agents of Direct Social Control
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
TB_Q5.2.29
The theories of Piven and Cloward appear to be borne out by the fact that social welfare programs _____ when
stability is restored.
a. are seen as even more necessary
b. remain at the new level
c. are built back up
d. are contracted or abolished
Learning Objective: LO 5.2: Compare the various agents of direct social control and their effectiveness in controlling behavior.
Topic/Concept: Agents of Direct Social Control
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
TB_Q5.2.30
According to Piven and Cloward, what is the subtle social function of having a category of people in a society
who are always on welfare?
a. Welfare receipients are looked down on, so those who accept low wages feel satisfied with their own
social position.
b. Because social programs grow or contract depending on the economy, having a group always on welfare
keeps the programs from disappearing completely.
c. Welfare recipients may be too lazy to hold a job, but welfare keeps them out of jail, which would have a
higher cost to society.
d. Welfare provides a safety net for those who cannot find work, especially single mothers and the disabled.
Learning Objective: LO 5.2: Compare the various agents of direct social control and their effectiveness in controlling behavior.
Topic/Concept: Agents of Direct Social Control
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Analyze It
TB_Q5.2.31