SOC 2070 MIDTERM 1 QUIZ QUESTIONS
For cognitive deviance, beliefs are considered deviant because they can be proven
wrong.
True or False - Answer -False
Charles Krauthammer suggests that the reported cases of child abuse are smaller in
number than the actual number of cases.
True or False - Answer -False
Most people never violate society's norms.
True or False - Answer -False
Senator Patrick Moynihan believed that the negative effects of divorce and single-
parenthood on children was cased by the shame of being seen as different than the
norm.
True or False - Answer -False
Sociologically, deviant behaviour is wrong now, forever, as well as here, there, and
everywhere.
True or False - Answer -False
In his article, Senator Patrick Moynihan suggests that the "St. Valentine's Day
Massacre" was so shocking it helped bring about alcohol prohibition.
True or False - Answer -False
Sociologists define behaviour, beliefs, or traits that violate a basic norm and that are
likely to attract negative reactions from others as social deviance or "deviance".
True or False - Answer -True
The world can be clearly and unambiguously divided into two kinds of people - deviants
and normals.
True or False - Answer -False
Deviance is defined by the harm it does to a person, a victim, or the society in general.
True or False - Answer -False
Textbook author Erich Goode asserts that positive deviance is a contradiction in terms.
True or False - Answer -True
Positivists suggest that human beings cannot be studies the same way scientists study
the rest of the world - including other animals and inanimate objects.
True or False - Answer -False
For cognitive deviance, beliefs are considered deviant because they can be proven
wrong.
True or False - Answer -False
Charles Krauthammer suggests that the reported cases of child abuse are smaller in
number than the actual number of cases.
True or False - Answer -False
Most people never violate society's norms.
True or False - Answer -False
Senator Patrick Moynihan believed that the negative effects of divorce and single-
parenthood on children was cased by the shame of being seen as different than the
norm.
True or False - Answer -False
Sociologically, deviant behaviour is wrong now, forever, as well as here, there, and
everywhere.
True or False - Answer -False
In his article, Senator Patrick Moynihan suggests that the "St. Valentine's Day
Massacre" was so shocking it helped bring about alcohol prohibition.
True or False - Answer -False
Sociologists define behaviour, beliefs, or traits that violate a basic norm and that are
likely to attract negative reactions from others as social deviance or "deviance".
True or False - Answer -True
The world can be clearly and unambiguously divided into two kinds of people - deviants
and normals.
True or False - Answer -False
Deviance is defined by the harm it does to a person, a victim, or the society in general.
True or False - Answer -False
Textbook author Erich Goode asserts that positive deviance is a contradiction in terms.
True or False - Answer -True
Positivists suggest that human beings cannot be studies the same way scientists study
the rest of the world - including other animals and inanimate objects.
True or False - Answer -False
