Test Bank For Thio's Deviant Behavior, 13th Edition by Jim
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B !
D. Taylor B!
CHAPTER ONE B!
What Is Deviant Behavior? B! B! B!
Multiple Choice Questions B! B!
1. Which statement about the definition of deviance is TRUE?
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
a) Almost all persons in a society will agree on the nature of deviant behavior.
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
b) Definitions of deviant behavior are determined by consensus among a nation‟
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
s religious groups.
B! B!
c) There is often a great deal of disagreement among people as to who or wh
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
at they consider deviant.
B! B! B!
d) Few persons in a society are concerned about the definition of deviance.
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
Answer: c B!
Learning Objective: 1.1 Identify your personal definitions of deviant behavior
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
. Topic: Conflicting Definitions
B! B! B!
Difficulty Level: Easy B! B!
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
B! B! B! B!
2. In 1965, sociologist J. L. Simmons asked a sample of people from the general p
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
ublic who they thought were deviant. Which conclusion can be reached based on
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
Simmons‟ results?
B! B!
a) Only those considered to be “bad people,” such as drug addicts, prostitutes,
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
or criminals, were seen as deviant.
B! B! B! B! B!
b) There was a great deal of consensus among those polled as to who was devia
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
nt and who was not.
B! B! B! B!
c) Perceptions of deviance fell clearly into four main categories. B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
d) Almost anyone, in someone else‟s eyes, can be considered deviant in some way.
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
Answer: d B!
Learning Objective: 1.1 Identify your personal definitions of deviant behavior
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
. Topic: Conflicting Definitions
B! B! B!
Difficulty Level: Moderate Sk
B! B! B!
ill Level: Analyze It
B! B! B!
3. Among sociologists, there is B! B! B!
a) much personal involvement in illegal deviant behavior.
B! B! B! B! B! B!
b) a growing awareness that deviance is best studied by criminologists.
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
c) widespread agreement about what behavior should be considered deviant.
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
d) a lack of consensus about what kinds of behavior should be seen as deviant.
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
Answer: d B!
Learning Objective: 1.1 Identify your personal definitions of deviant behavior
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
. Topic: Conflicting Definitions
B! B! B!
Difficulty Level: Easy B! B!
,Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
B! B! B! B!
4. Compared to the others, which group is most capable of avoiding being falsel
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
y, erroneously, or unjustly labeled as deviant?
B! B! B! B! B! B!
a) Affluent people B!
b) People living below the poverty line
B! B! B! B! B!
c) People in positions of power B! B! B! B!
d) People who are socially powerless
B! B! B! B!
Answer: c B!
Learning Objective: 1.1 Identify your personal definitions of deviant behavior
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
. Topic: Conflicting Definitions
B! B! B!
Difficulty Level: Moderate
B! B!
Skill Level: Apply What You Know
B! B! B! B! B!
5. Denis relies on a wheelchair because of his cerebral palsy. Would he be considere
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
d “deviant” according to some definitions offered by sociologists?
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
a) Yes, because the mere fact of using a wheelchair violates formal norms
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
b) No, because deviance only applies to people who break laws or commit viole
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
nt acts B!
c) Yes, because people with disabilities are often devalued by society
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
d) No, because his positive/negative “deviance ratio” is imbalanced
B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
Answer: c B!
Learning Objective: 1.1 Identify your personal definitions of deviant behavior
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
. Topic: Conflicting Definitions
B! B! B!
Difficulty Level: Difficult
B! B!
Skill Level: Apply What You Know
B! B! B! B! B!
6. Which statement about deviance is TRUE?
B! B! B! B! B!
a) Deviance should include only important violations of norms.
B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
b) All sociologists agree that deviance includes mundane, routine, and norm
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
al violations of formal norms.
B! B! B! B!
c) Deviance is considered a “fringe topic” by most sociologists.
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
d) Sociologists do not agree on a precise definition of deviance.
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
Answer: d B!
Learning Objective: 1.1 Identify your personal definitions of deviant behavior
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
. Topic: Conflicting Definitions
B! B! B!
Difficulty Level: EasyB! B!
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
B! B! B! B!
7. Which types of people are examples of positive deviants?
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
a) Saints, intellectuals, and geniuses
B! B! B!
b) Sex workers and professional gamblers
B! B! B! B!
c) People who are badly scarred, blind, or mutilated
B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
d) Murderers, rapists, and kidnappers B! B! B!
Answer: a B!
Learning Objective: 1.1 Identify your personal definitions of deviant behavior.
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
,Topic: Conflicting Definitions
B! B! B
Difficulty Level: Easy
! B! B!
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
B! B! B! B!
8. Sociologists who are influenced by the positivist perspective of absolutism tend t
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
o view deviant behavior as an attribute that
B! B! . B! B! B! B! B! B!
a) is dictated by those in power
B! B! B! B! B!
b) fades over time B! B!
c) varies according to one‟s culture
B! B! B! B!
d) inheres in the individual B! B! B!
Answer: d B!
Learning Objective: 1.1 Identify your personal definitions of deviant behavior
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
. Topic: Conflicting Definitions
B! B! B!
Difficulty Level: ModerateB! B!
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
B! B! B! B!
9. Sociologists who endorse the role of power in the definition of deviance hav
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
e discovered that people who are wealthy and powerful
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
a) are rarely deviant. B! B!
b) typically can avoid being labeled as deviant.
B! B! B! B! B! B!
c) are welcoming toward most types of deviant behavior.
B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
d) ignore most forms of deviant behavior.
B! B! B! B! B!
Answer: b B!
Learning Objective: 1.1 Identify your personal definitions of deviant behavior
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
. Topic: Conflicting Definitions
B! B! B!
Difficulty Level: ModerateB! B!
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
B! B! B! B!
10. According to sociologists who study the role of power in the definition of devianc
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
e, deviance is any act that
B! B! B! B! B!
a) violates the criminal law. B! B! B!
b) violates deeply held moral values. B! B! B! B!
c) powerful people consider to be a violation of some social rule.
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
d) involves the behavior of people living below the poverty line.
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
Answer: c B!
Learning Objective: 1.1 Identify your personal definitions of deviant behavior
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
. Topic: Conflicting Definitions
B! B! B!
Difficulty Level: ModerateB! B!
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
B! B! B! B!
11. Sociological definitions of deviance fall into two opposing perspectives, the positivis
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
t and the B! . B! B!
a) traditional
b) feminist
c) constructionist
d) modernist
, Answer: c B!
Learning Objective: 1.1 Identify your personal definitions of deviant behavior
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
. Topic: Conflicting Definitions
B! B! B!
Difficulty Level: Easy B! B!
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
B! B! B! B!
12. Prior to the twentieth century, criminals were thought to
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
a) have certain familial characteristics that noncriminals did not.
B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
b) be feebleminded, psychotic, neurotic, psychopathic, or otherwise mentall
B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
y disturbed. B!
c) possess the same mental and physical characteristics as noncriminals.
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
d) have stronger educational backgrounds compared to noncriminals.
B! B! B! B! B! B!
Answer: b B!
Learning Objective: 1.2 Characterize the positivist perspective on deviance using its thr
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
ee major assumptions.
B! B!
Topic: The Positivist Perspective
B! B! B!
Difficulty Level: Easy
B! B! B!
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
B! B! B! B!
13. Determinist, objectivist, and absolutist are terms associated with aspects of the
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
perspective on deviance. B! B!
a) constructionist
b) humanist
c) modern
d) positivist
Answer: d B!
Learning Objective: 1.2 Characterize the positivist perspective on deviance using its thr
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
ee major assumptions.
B! B!
Topic: The Positivist Perspective
B! B! B!
Difficulty Level: Easy
B! B! B!
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
B! B! B! B!
14. Some students were discussing their sociology class over lunch. “It‟s fascinating t
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
o me that „deviant‟ is nothing more than a label we apply to some people,” said
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
Assunta. “Whoever controls the labels controls the perceptions.” “It‟s pretty clear
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
that there are deviants and there are nondeviants, and that a person falls squar
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
ely into one category or the other,” countered Beppo. “Huh,” grunted Corrado. “Y
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
ou can‟t see deviance…it‟s not like it‟s an object. You just infer it.” “I dunno,” shru
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
gged Dino. “I think people choose to be deviant or not; it‟s a voluntary act.” Whi
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
ch of these four studious sociology scholars endorses the positivist perspective
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
on deviance? B!
a) Assunta
b) Beppo
c) Corrado
d) Dino
Answer: b B!
Learning Objective: 1.2 Characterize the positivist perspective on deviance using its
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B !
D. Taylor B!
CHAPTER ONE B!
What Is Deviant Behavior? B! B! B!
Multiple Choice Questions B! B!
1. Which statement about the definition of deviance is TRUE?
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
a) Almost all persons in a society will agree on the nature of deviant behavior.
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
b) Definitions of deviant behavior are determined by consensus among a nation‟
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
s religious groups.
B! B!
c) There is often a great deal of disagreement among people as to who or wh
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
at they consider deviant.
B! B! B!
d) Few persons in a society are concerned about the definition of deviance.
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
Answer: c B!
Learning Objective: 1.1 Identify your personal definitions of deviant behavior
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
. Topic: Conflicting Definitions
B! B! B!
Difficulty Level: Easy B! B!
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
B! B! B! B!
2. In 1965, sociologist J. L. Simmons asked a sample of people from the general p
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
ublic who they thought were deviant. Which conclusion can be reached based on
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
Simmons‟ results?
B! B!
a) Only those considered to be “bad people,” such as drug addicts, prostitutes,
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
or criminals, were seen as deviant.
B! B! B! B! B!
b) There was a great deal of consensus among those polled as to who was devia
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
nt and who was not.
B! B! B! B!
c) Perceptions of deviance fell clearly into four main categories. B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
d) Almost anyone, in someone else‟s eyes, can be considered deviant in some way.
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
Answer: d B!
Learning Objective: 1.1 Identify your personal definitions of deviant behavior
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
. Topic: Conflicting Definitions
B! B! B!
Difficulty Level: Moderate Sk
B! B! B!
ill Level: Analyze It
B! B! B!
3. Among sociologists, there is B! B! B!
a) much personal involvement in illegal deviant behavior.
B! B! B! B! B! B!
b) a growing awareness that deviance is best studied by criminologists.
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
c) widespread agreement about what behavior should be considered deviant.
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
d) a lack of consensus about what kinds of behavior should be seen as deviant.
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
Answer: d B!
Learning Objective: 1.1 Identify your personal definitions of deviant behavior
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
. Topic: Conflicting Definitions
B! B! B!
Difficulty Level: Easy B! B!
,Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
B! B! B! B!
4. Compared to the others, which group is most capable of avoiding being falsel
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
y, erroneously, or unjustly labeled as deviant?
B! B! B! B! B! B!
a) Affluent people B!
b) People living below the poverty line
B! B! B! B! B!
c) People in positions of power B! B! B! B!
d) People who are socially powerless
B! B! B! B!
Answer: c B!
Learning Objective: 1.1 Identify your personal definitions of deviant behavior
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
. Topic: Conflicting Definitions
B! B! B!
Difficulty Level: Moderate
B! B!
Skill Level: Apply What You Know
B! B! B! B! B!
5. Denis relies on a wheelchair because of his cerebral palsy. Would he be considere
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
d “deviant” according to some definitions offered by sociologists?
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
a) Yes, because the mere fact of using a wheelchair violates formal norms
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
b) No, because deviance only applies to people who break laws or commit viole
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
nt acts B!
c) Yes, because people with disabilities are often devalued by society
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
d) No, because his positive/negative “deviance ratio” is imbalanced
B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
Answer: c B!
Learning Objective: 1.1 Identify your personal definitions of deviant behavior
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
. Topic: Conflicting Definitions
B! B! B!
Difficulty Level: Difficult
B! B!
Skill Level: Apply What You Know
B! B! B! B! B!
6. Which statement about deviance is TRUE?
B! B! B! B! B!
a) Deviance should include only important violations of norms.
B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
b) All sociologists agree that deviance includes mundane, routine, and norm
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
al violations of formal norms.
B! B! B! B!
c) Deviance is considered a “fringe topic” by most sociologists.
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
d) Sociologists do not agree on a precise definition of deviance.
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
Answer: d B!
Learning Objective: 1.1 Identify your personal definitions of deviant behavior
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
. Topic: Conflicting Definitions
B! B! B!
Difficulty Level: EasyB! B!
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
B! B! B! B!
7. Which types of people are examples of positive deviants?
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
a) Saints, intellectuals, and geniuses
B! B! B!
b) Sex workers and professional gamblers
B! B! B! B!
c) People who are badly scarred, blind, or mutilated
B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
d) Murderers, rapists, and kidnappers B! B! B!
Answer: a B!
Learning Objective: 1.1 Identify your personal definitions of deviant behavior.
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
,Topic: Conflicting Definitions
B! B! B
Difficulty Level: Easy
! B! B!
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
B! B! B! B!
8. Sociologists who are influenced by the positivist perspective of absolutism tend t
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
o view deviant behavior as an attribute that
B! B! . B! B! B! B! B! B!
a) is dictated by those in power
B! B! B! B! B!
b) fades over time B! B!
c) varies according to one‟s culture
B! B! B! B!
d) inheres in the individual B! B! B!
Answer: d B!
Learning Objective: 1.1 Identify your personal definitions of deviant behavior
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
. Topic: Conflicting Definitions
B! B! B!
Difficulty Level: ModerateB! B!
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
B! B! B! B!
9. Sociologists who endorse the role of power in the definition of deviance hav
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
e discovered that people who are wealthy and powerful
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
a) are rarely deviant. B! B!
b) typically can avoid being labeled as deviant.
B! B! B! B! B! B!
c) are welcoming toward most types of deviant behavior.
B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
d) ignore most forms of deviant behavior.
B! B! B! B! B!
Answer: b B!
Learning Objective: 1.1 Identify your personal definitions of deviant behavior
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
. Topic: Conflicting Definitions
B! B! B!
Difficulty Level: ModerateB! B!
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
B! B! B! B!
10. According to sociologists who study the role of power in the definition of devianc
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
e, deviance is any act that
B! B! B! B! B!
a) violates the criminal law. B! B! B!
b) violates deeply held moral values. B! B! B! B!
c) powerful people consider to be a violation of some social rule.
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
d) involves the behavior of people living below the poverty line.
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
Answer: c B!
Learning Objective: 1.1 Identify your personal definitions of deviant behavior
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
. Topic: Conflicting Definitions
B! B! B!
Difficulty Level: ModerateB! B!
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
B! B! B! B!
11. Sociological definitions of deviance fall into two opposing perspectives, the positivis
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
t and the B! . B! B!
a) traditional
b) feminist
c) constructionist
d) modernist
, Answer: c B!
Learning Objective: 1.1 Identify your personal definitions of deviant behavior
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
. Topic: Conflicting Definitions
B! B! B!
Difficulty Level: Easy B! B!
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
B! B! B! B!
12. Prior to the twentieth century, criminals were thought to
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
a) have certain familial characteristics that noncriminals did not.
B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
b) be feebleminded, psychotic, neurotic, psychopathic, or otherwise mentall
B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
y disturbed. B!
c) possess the same mental and physical characteristics as noncriminals.
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
d) have stronger educational backgrounds compared to noncriminals.
B! B! B! B! B! B!
Answer: b B!
Learning Objective: 1.2 Characterize the positivist perspective on deviance using its thr
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
ee major assumptions.
B! B!
Topic: The Positivist Perspective
B! B! B!
Difficulty Level: Easy
B! B! B!
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
B! B! B! B!
13. Determinist, objectivist, and absolutist are terms associated with aspects of the
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
perspective on deviance. B! B!
a) constructionist
b) humanist
c) modern
d) positivist
Answer: d B!
Learning Objective: 1.2 Characterize the positivist perspective on deviance using its thr
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
ee major assumptions.
B! B!
Topic: The Positivist Perspective
B! B! B!
Difficulty Level: Easy
B! B! B!
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
B! B! B! B!
14. Some students were discussing their sociology class over lunch. “It‟s fascinating t
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
o me that „deviant‟ is nothing more than a label we apply to some people,” said
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
Assunta. “Whoever controls the labels controls the perceptions.” “It‟s pretty clear
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
that there are deviants and there are nondeviants, and that a person falls squar
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
ely into one category or the other,” countered Beppo. “Huh,” grunted Corrado. “Y
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
ou can‟t see deviance…it‟s not like it‟s an object. You just infer it.” “I dunno,” shru
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
gged Dino. “I think people choose to be deviant or not; it‟s a voluntary act.” Whi
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
ch of these four studious sociology scholars endorses the positivist perspective
B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B! B!
on deviance? B!
a) Assunta
b) Beppo
c) Corrado
d) Dino
Answer: b B!
Learning Objective: 1.2 Characterize the positivist perspective on deviance using its
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