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EXS 290 Test #2 Questions and Answers with Complete
Solutions UPDATED!!!
Deviance - ANSWER behaviors that fall outside the normal
range of acceptance
Formal Deviance - ANSWER related to official rules and laws
Informal Deviance - ANSWER unwritten customs
Problems faced with study deviance - ANSWER types and
causes of deviance- diverse, actions accepted in sports maybe
deviant in other situations, deviance also involves over-
acceptance of norms, training and performance based on
science and technology
Absolutist Approach on Deviance - ANSWER assumes that social
norms are based on essential principles
Constructionist Approach on Deviance - ANSWER deviance
occurs when ideas and actions fall outside socially determined
boundaries
EXS 290 Test #2 Questions and Answers with Complete
Solutions UPDATED!!!
Deviance - ANSWER behaviors that fall outside the normal
range of acceptance
Formal Deviance - ANSWER related to official rules and laws
Informal Deviance - ANSWER unwritten customs
Problems faced with study deviance - ANSWER types and
causes of deviance- diverse, actions accepted in sports maybe
deviant in other situations, deviance also involves over-
acceptance of norms, training and performance based on
science and technology
Absolutist Approach on Deviance - ANSWER assumes that social
norms are based on essential principles
Constructionist Approach on Deviance - ANSWER deviance
occurs when ideas and actions fall outside socially determined
boundaries
