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